controversy Copy link Outline 1. concertātio2. contrōversia (properly in law; but common in general sense)3. disceptātio4. dissensio • controversy: 1. concertātio: a barren c. about words, jejuna verborum c., Cic.: discussions abounding in c., concertationum plenae disputationes, id.: v. dispute. 2. contrōversia (properly in law; but common in general sense): to bring a thing into c., rem in c. vocare, adducere, Cic.; deducere, Caes.: to put an end to a c., c. tollere, dirimere, Cic.: to settle or arrange a c., c. componere, Caes.; sedare, Cic.: there is a c. among writers about the number of years, c. est inter scriptores de numero annorum, Cic. 3. disceptātio: i. e. a debate; not implying any unfriendly feeling: v. dispute. 4. dissensio: i. e. difference of opinion: v. disagreement. Phr.: the c. is still undecided, adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor.: the matter of c., id de quo agitur, Cic. In abstract sense, as fond of c., the plur. of concertatio or controversia had better be used, as, a theologian devoted to c., *doctor [theologicus] concertationibus atque controversiis deditus, totus in illis: see L. G. 591.