contest (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. certāmen, ĭnis, n. (applicable to all kinds of contests)2. certātio (less freq., and denoting rather the act of contending than the contest itself)3. contentio (almost always implying violence or heat in contest)4. dēcertātio (a decisive c.5. pugna6. dīmĭcātio (usu. of a general engagement)7. Mars, tis (poet. and fig.)8. contrōversia • contest (subs.): 1. certāmen, ĭnis, n. (applicable to all kinds of contests): a wrestling c., luctandi c., Quint.: a c. with two-horse chariots, bijugum c., Virg.: the whole c. depended upon rapidity of movement, erat in celeritate omne positum certamen, Caes.: to arrange a c., certamina ponere, Virg. Fig.: a c. for honour and glory, honoris et gloriae c., Cic.: a c. of eloquence among young men, eloquentiae inter juvenes c., Quint.: I have a c. with you in defence of our altars and hearths, est mihi tecum pro aris et focis c., Cic. 2. certātio (less freq., and denoting rather the act of contending than the contest itself): bodily c.s, corporum certationes, Cic. 3. contentio (almost always implying violence or heat in contest): the c.s of battles, contentiones praeliorum, Cic.: I had a c. with M. Crassus, mihi erat cum M. Crasso c., Cic. 4. dēcertātio (a decisive c.: v. rare): Cic. 5. pugna: v. combat: a legal c., forensis p., Quint. 6. dīmĭcātio (usu. of a general engagement): Liv.: a c. for life, vitae d., Cic. 7. Mars, tis (poet. and fig.): a legal c., M. forensis, Ov. 8. contrōversia: v. dispute. Phr.: to maintain a c., sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: to maintain a hand to hand c., cominus stare, Caes.: at first they maintained the c. not unequally, primo haud impari stetere acie, Liv. Fig.: when we were maintaining the c. very successfully in the senate, cum in senatu pulcherrime staremus, Cic.