CONTENDITIS, contenditis
Sounds Like: kon-TEN-di-tis
Translations: you contend, you strive, you struggle, you dispute, you fight
From the root: CONTENDO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a Latin verb meaning to contend, strive, struggle, dispute, or fight. It is a compound word formed from 'con-' (together, with) and 'tendo' (to stretch, aim). It describes an action where multiple parties are involved in an effort, argument, or conflict.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd Person, Plural
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, CONTENDO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- CONTENDO — I strive, I contend, I struggle, I hasten, I march, I compare, I assert, I maintain, to strive, to contend, to struggle, to hasten, to march, to compare, to assert, to maintain
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