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) IPA^(key): /konˈten.doː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈten.do/,

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

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

Descendants

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “contendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 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, 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