contest (v.) Copy link Outline 1. certo, 12. contendo, di, sum and tum, 33. dēfendo, di, sum, 34. (in pass.) in contentionem venire, to be c.'d • contest (v.): i. e. to dispute, strive to hold against another: 1. certo, 1: foll. by de and abl.: to c. the claim to some disputed territory, bello c. de ambiguo agro, Liv.: so, de imperio, Cic. 2. contendo, di, sum and tum, 3: v. to contend. 3. dēfendo, di, sum, 3: to c. points (in law) which have been assailed (i. e. to hold or maintain them), d. ea quae impugnata sunt, cf. Quint. 2, 17, 40: the correlative to impugno is defendo (or resisto), the former being to contest aggressively, the latter to do so defensively. 4. (in pass.) in contentionem venire, to be c.'d: Cic.: also with adduci, deduci, vocari, etc. v. to dispute.
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.
CONTEST Copy link • CONTEST 1. v. impugnare: oppugnare (to attack an opinion): aliquid in controversiam vocare, adducere, or perducere (to call it into controversy). To contest a point with anybody, contendere cum aliquo de aliqua re: to contest every thing, contra omnia disserere: to contest anybody’s opinion, alicujus opinioni repugnare: to be contested, in contentionem venire; in controversiam vocari, adduci, deduci; in disceptationem vocari. [Vid. Vie with]. 2. s. With weapons [Vid: COMBAT]. With words, [Vid. DISPUTE, CONTENTION]: to enter into a contest with anybody, certamen cum aliquo instituere: a contest arises, oritur certamen or controversia: to engage in a contest in certamen descendere, with anybody, cum aliquo: to be involved in a contest with, etc., venire in certamen cum aliquo. I have a contest with anybody, est mihi certamen or certatio or contentio or controversia cum aliquo: habeo contentionem or aliquid contentionis cum aliquo: habeo controversiam cum aliquo (general term). They are engaged in a contest with each other respecting some property, est inter eos de possessione contentio. I have a contest with anybody about anything, est mihi controversia alicujus rei cum aliquo: habeo controversiam cum aliquo de aliqua re: litigo cum aliquo de aliqua re: to terminate a contest (by an arrangement, etc.), controversiam componere or dirimere or sedare: the interference of the consuls put an end to the contest, intercursu consulum rixa sedata est: to decide a contest, dijudicare controversiam. IMPROP., certatio (e.g. virtutis cum voluptate): there can be no contest between the useful and the good, utilia cum honestis pugnare non possunt: a contest against lust is no easy matter, cupiditatibus resistere difficile est: the contest of the elements, pugna rerum naturae secum.