contentio

Latin

Etymology

From contendō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

contentiō f (genitive contentiōnis); third declension

1. stretching, tension
2. competition, rivalry
3. struggle, effort
4. controversy, contention, dispute

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contentiō	contentiōnēs
Genitive	contentiōnis	contentiōnum
Dative	contentiōnī	contentiōnibus
Accusative	contentiōnem	contentiōnēs
Ablative	contentiōne	contentiōnibus
Vocative	contentiō	contentiōnēs

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *tentiō
  • Catalan: tençó
  • Old French: tençon
    • French: tenson
  • Old Occitan: tensó, tensón
    • Occitan: tençon, tenson
    • → Italian: tenzone
• → Catalan: contenció
• → Middle French: contencion
  • French: contention
    • → Romanian: contențiune
  • → English: contention
• → Italian: contenzione
• → Portuguese: contenção
• → Spanish: contención

References

• “contentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to exert oneself: contentionem adhibere
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • to be at variance with: in controversia (contentione) esse, versari
    
  • to maintain a controversy with some one: controversiam (contentionem) habere cum aliquo
    
  • it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
    
  • pathetic address; emotional language: contentio (opp. sermo) (Off. 2. 48)
    
  • raising, lowering the voice: contentio, remissio vocis
    
  • party-strife: contentio partium (Phil. 5. 12. 32)