vie with Copy link Outline 1. certo, 12. contendo, di, tum, 33. aemŭlor, 1 (for constr, v. TO RIVAL)4. prōvŏco, 1 (prop. to challenge) • vie with: 1. certo, 1: it remains that we v. with one another in (doing) kind services, reliquum est ut officiis certemus inter nos, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 1: citizens were v.ing with citizens in virtue, cives cum civibus de virtute c., Sall. C. 9. Also in poet. with dat. (instead of cum): Amyntas alone v.s with you, solus tibi certat A., Virg. E. 5, 8 (cf. certent et cycnis ululae, ib. 8, 55): v. also to contend (I.). Also of things: the (olive-) berry (of Hymettus) v.s with the green (one of) Venafrum, viridi c. bacca Venafro, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 15. 2. contendo, di, tum, 3: (that) obscurity was v.ing with rank in respect of greatness, humilitatem cum dignitate de amplitudine contendere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136: v. also to contend (I., 1.). 3. aemŭlor, 1 (for constr, v. to rival): to v. with Pindar, Pindarum aemulari, Hor. (v. to rival): to v. with the virtue of ancestors, virtutem majorum a., Tac. Agr. 15. Also of things: the Basilican grapes v. with the Alban wine, (Basilicae uvae) Albanum vinum a., Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30. 4. prōvŏco, 1 (prop. to challenge): to v. with old men in virtue, senes p. virtute, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, med.: that painting v.d with nature itself, ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, 16, § 94. Of things: the vast side of the circus v.s with the magnificence of temples, immensum latus circi templorum pulcritudinem p., Plin. Pan. 51, med. Phr.: one who v.s with another, aemulus (v. rival, subs.): all v. (with one another) in loving me, omnes certatim me amant, Plin. Ep. 2, 9, ad med.: the comrades v. (with one another) in striking the sea (i. e. in rowing), certatim socii feriunt mare, Virg. Aen. 5, 778 (cf. ingenti certamine concitant remos, Curt. 9, 4: Virg. Aen. 5, 197): where the honey v.s with (that of) Hymettus, ubi non Hymetto mella decedunt, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 15: v. also to equal.