exertion Copy link Outline 1. contentio (a straining of the powers)2. intentio (like preced., but usu. foll. by depend. gen.) • exertion: 1. contentio (a straining of the powers): by great e.s he prevented (the bill) being carried, magnis c. obtinuit ne perferretur, Liv. 41, 6: Cic. 2. intentio (like preced., but usu. foll. by depend. gen.): v. straining (subs.). v. effort.