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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ testor.

Pronunciation

Verb

contestor (present infinitive contestārī, perfect active contestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to call to witness

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contestor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contestor contestāris,
contestāre 		contestātur contestāmur contestāminī contestantur
imperfect contestābar contestābāris,
contestābāre 		contestābātur contestābāmur contestābāminī contestābantur
future contestābor contestāberis,
contestābere 		contestābitur contestābimur contestābiminī contestābuntur
perfect contestātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect contestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect contestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contester contestēris,
contestēre 		contestētur contestēmur contestēminī contestentur
imperfect contestārer contestārēris,
contestārēre 		contestārētur contestārēmur contestārēminī contestārentur
perfect contestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect contestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — contestāre — — contestāminī —
future — contestātor contestātor — — contestantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present contestārī — contestāns —
future contestātūrum esse — contestātūrus contestandus
perfect contestātum esse — contestātus —
future perfect contestātum fore — — —
perfect potential contestātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
contestandī contestandō contestandum contestandō contestātum contestātū

Descendants

References

  • “contestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contestor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to call gods and men to witness: contestari deos hominesque
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