contendo

Galician

Verb

contendo

1. gerund of conter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧do

Verb

contendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contendere

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ tendō (“stretch, extend; contend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈten.doː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈten.do/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

contendō (present infinitive contendere, perfect active contendī, supine contentum); third conjugation

1. to hurry
2. to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain
3. to place together in comparison, compare, contrast
4. (music) to tune (by stretching the strings)
5. (of weapons) to shoot, hurl, dart, throw
6. (of places) to extend, reach, stretch
7. (with infinitive) to exert oneself vigorously to do something, apply oneself with zeal to, go to
8. (in auctions) to vie with in bidding, bid against
9. (with accusative or infinitive) to assert, affirm earnestly, maintain or contend energetically
10. (intransitive) to dispute, fight, contend against, compete, vie with
11. (intransitive, often with ab) to demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, seek to gain
12. (intransitive, figuratively) to exert, pursue or strive for eagerly, strain eagerly, stretch
13. (intransitive, figuratively) to seek to arrive at, march, journey hastily to, hasten, press forward, go, advance rapidly

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contendō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contendō		contendis		contendit		contendimus		contenditis		contendunt
	imperfect	contendēbam		contendēbās		contendēbat		contendēbāmus		contendēbātis		contendēbant
	future	contendam		contendēs		contendet		contendēmus		contendētis		contendent
	perfect	contendī		contendistī		contendit		contendimus		contendistis		contendērunt, contendēre
	pluperfect	contenderam		contenderās		contenderat		contenderāmus		contenderātis		contenderant
	future perfect	contenderō		contenderis		contenderit		contenderimus		contenderitis		contenderint
passive	present	contendor		contenderis, contendere		contenditur		contendimur		contendiminī		contenduntur
	imperfect	contendēbar		contendēbāris, contendēbāre		contendēbātur		contendēbāmur		contendēbāminī		contendēbantur
	future	contendar		contendēris, contendēre		contendētur		contendēmur		contendēminī		contendentur
	perfect	contentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contendam		contendās		contendat		contendāmus		contendātis		contendant
	imperfect	contenderem		contenderēs		contenderet		contenderēmus		contenderētis		contenderent
	perfect	contenderim		contenderīs		contenderit		contenderīmus		contenderītis		contenderint
	pluperfect	contendissem		contendissēs		contendisset		contendissēmus		contendissētis		contendissent
passive	present	contendar		contendāris, contendāre		contendātur		contendāmur		contendāminī		contendantur
	imperfect	contenderer		contenderēris, contenderēre		contenderētur		contenderēmur		contenderēminī		contenderentur
	perfect	contentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		contende		—		—		contendite		—
	future	—		contenditō		contenditō		—		contenditōte		contenduntō
passive	present	—		contendere		—		—		contendiminī		—
	future	—		contenditor		contenditor		—		—		contenduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		contendere			contendī			contendēns			—
future		contentūrum esse			contentum īrī			contentūrus			contendendus, contendundus
perfect		contendisse			contentum esse			—			contentus
future perfect		—			contentum fore			—			—
perfect potential		contentūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		contendendī		contendendō		contendendum		contendendō		contentum		contentū

Synonyms

• (demand): adfecto, peto, repeto, prehenso, efflagito, exigo, exoro
• (strive): lūctor, ēlabōrō, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, appetō, temptō, affectō, adnītor, labōrō, tendō, quaerō, īnsequor, studeō, ēnītor, pugnō, mōlior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
• (fight): lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, serō, dēcertō
• (compare): comparō, aequō, cōnferō
• (affirm): affirmō, firmō, aiō, arguō, fīgō
• (dispute): dēcertō, certō
• (seek): requīrō, quaerō, studeō, spectō, petō, appetō, quaerō, affectō, cupiō, concupiō, expetō, dēstinō, sitiō, aveō, voveō, circumspiciō, tendō

Derived terms

• contentē
• contentiō
• contentus

Related terms

• attendō
• contentiōsē
• contentiōsus
• dētendō
• distendō
• extendō
• intendō
• obtendō
• ostendō
• pertendō
• portendō
• praetendō
• prōtendō
• retendō
• subtendō
• tendō

Descendants

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Central Italian: contennere
  • Italian: contendere ⇒ contesa
  • Sicilian: cuntènniri
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: countent, countentin
  • Old French: contendre ⇒ acontendre, recontendre, contenderie
    • Middle French: contendre ⇒ contendant, contentif
    • → Middle English: contenden
      • English: contend
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: contendre
  • Old Occitan: contendre, contener ⇒ conten, contenda, contena
    • ⇒ Béarnese: countendè (“joint territory subject to disputes”)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: contender ⇒ contenda
  • Spanish: contender ⇒ contienda
• → Proto-Brythonic: *konten (noun)
  • Middle Welsh: kynhen
    • Welsh: cynnen ⇒ cynhenna
  • → Old Irish: contan
    • Irish: cointinn

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “contendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1103

Further reading

• “contendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnes nervos in aliqua re contendere
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: contendere et laborare, ut
    
  • to contend with some one for the pre-eminence: contendere cum aliquo de principatu (Nep. Arist. 1)
    
  • to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
    
  • to give battle with a cavalry-division: proelio equestri contendere
    
  • to row hard: remis contendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
    

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

contendo

1. gerund of conter

Etymology 2

Verb

contendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contender