contentio
Latin
Etymology
Noun
contentiō f (genitive contentiōnis); third declension
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
- Catalan: contenció, tençó
- English: contention
- French: contention, tenson
- Italian: contenzione, tenzone
- Occitan: tençon, tenson
- Old French: tençon
- Old Occitan: tensó, tensón
- Portuguese: contenção
- Romanian: contențiune
- 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)
- to exert oneself: contentionem adhibere