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!UC(um .-IT Also, to draw together, 
dmo tight. Virg. tenacia vincla. — 
1[ Also, intransitively, to hasten, make 
speed. Ctes. Cum quinque legionibus 
ire contendit. — Hence, to decamp in 
haste for any place, to march with haste ; to 
march, to go, head one's course. Cic. 
Tarsuni veni: inde ad Amanum conten- 
di. Cats, in Italiam magnis itineribus. 
jf c „ os . Sin per loca sola contenderet, 
sperabat «e imprudentem liostem op- 
pressurum. Id. duo contenderat, per- 
venit, arrived at the place to which he had 
directed his course. So, Cic. Si quidem 
potuissemus, quo contendimus, perve- 
liire, whither we desired or exerted our 
selves to come. — Hence, figur. Cic. 
Maximis laboribus et periculis ad sum 
mam laudem contendere. Plin. Cappa- 
docum gens usque ad ejus regionem con¬ 
tendit, stretches itself, extends, reaches. 
— Also, Contendit ire, petere, fugere, 
h. c. ivit, petiit, fugit; though perhaps 
implying exertion or haste. Cats, and 
And. B. Afric. - IT Also, to fight, 
contend, contest, dispute, whether with 
arms or words, as an enemy or as a 
rival. Cic. Armis contendere cum ali- 
quo. Cics. hello cum aliquo. Id. pree- 
lio equestri. Nepos acie. Cic. contra 
leones. Anton, ad Cic. adversus te. 
Sutton. inter citharoedos. Ovid, pedi 
bus cum aliquo. So, Virg. contendere 
cursu. Cic. jure, to go to law. Id. inter- 
dicto. Quintil. lite de re. Aucl. ad 
Herenn. in judicio cum aliquo. Cic. 
Declamatione contendere. Sallust, do 
is atque fallaciis. Scnec. Inter duos 
contendentes melius elidar. — With the 
tint. Propert. meo amori. Lucret. Quid 
enim contendat hirundo cygnis ? 
!oNT£NEBR5 (con k. tenebro), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to darken, gotf>6w. Tertull. 
- II Contenebrat, ‘abat, impers. it 
grows dark, or late ; night is coming on, 
cvcicorafsi. Farr. 
IoNTeNTe (contentus, from contendo), 
adv. with great exertion or force, earnest¬ 
ly, vehemently. Cic. Piaga hoc gravior, 
quo est missa contentius. Id. Cum us¬ 
que ad vesperam contentius ambularet. 
Apul. Contentissime clamitare. — Fig¬ 
ur. Cic. lisdem ornamentis uti licebit, 
alias contentius, alias remissius. — A1 
so, attentively. Gell. Curiose atque 
contente Plauti comcedias lectitare. 
-—^ Also (from contentus, from con- 
tineo), strictly, sparingly, scantily. 
Plant. Ilium mater arete contenteque 
habet. Pacat. Parce contenteque vivere. 
IoNTeNTIS (contendo) onis, f. a strain- 
ing, stretching, exerting, an effort, exer¬ 
tion, endeavor. Cic. Contentio et sub- 
missio vocis. Plin. Vocis, aut. lateris 
contentiones. Cic. Non contentio ani- 
mi, sed remissio. — In particular, the 
exertion of one’s powers, effort, exertion, 
endeavor. Cic. Quern (equum) cum 
maxima contentione non potuisset ex- 
trahere. Id. Nihil interrumpit, quo 
labefactari possit tanta contentio gravi- 
tatis et ponderum. Plin. Contentione 
plumam revomere. Cic. Contentio 
sermonis, energy, vehemence in speaking. 
“0) •duct. ad Herenn. Contentio (absolf), 
„ fj vehement, energetic speaking. 
wc. Magna vis orationis est, eaque du¬ 
plex, altera contentionis, altera sermo¬ 
n's (where contentio signifies that vehe¬ 
ment speaking which is used in forensic 
disputes, &c. ; but sermo, the way of 
speakmg which we use in our ordinary 
ntercourse with our friends, &c.). — 
ence, a striving, endeavor, exertion fur 
T‘ ethm S' Cic ' llonoruni - Quintil. pal- 
, , qUent!y ’ a contention, contest, 
yute, delmte, controversy, strife. Cic. 
anqmun mihi cum M. Crasso con- 
1 esset. M. Decertare cum ali- 
contenH entlonc dicendi - Id- Facere 
ontentionem cum aliquo de re aliqua. 
.A/. '*? fapientissimos homines h®c 
lentin H. U1 ! ut >. &c> Id- Magna con- 
pars . era< : llensium fuit, cum magna 
! d - Ponere a'iqoid con- 
unninm ’ Utrum ’ &C- Id- Neque fere 
cusanHn » enit m content ionem de ac- 
quid enmp f ; :fl "- ln!&c - UL Habere ali- 
tmin hnn U0IU 1 CUm a,i( l" 0 ' I' 1 - Cori- 
dicninti° n - 0rlS ’ awKt a preferment. Id. 
mgmtahs inter Pompeium et Ctesarem, 
h. e. de dignitate. Plin. Contentio Pe- 
l'usina, h. c. helium circa Perusiam ges- 
tum. Cic. In contentione esse, or ver- 
sari, to he a subject of contention or dis¬ 
pute. I.iv. Contentionem sedare. — 
in particular, a dispute (in word or deed) 
between two persons, for supremacy. 
Cats, and JVcpos. -IT Also, a placing 
together, joining together ; hence, a com¬ 
parison, contrast. Cic. hominuin ipso- 
rum. Id. Facere contentionem fortu- 
narum. Id. reruin contentiones, quid 
majus, quid par, quid minus sit. ■— Al¬ 
so, Censorin. Contentio gregum, h. e. 
adtnissura. — In rhetoric, a figure by 
which words or sentences are contrasted 
with each other ; antithesis, contraposition, 
opposition. And. ad Herenn. 
CoNTeNTIoSe (contentiosus), adv. 
3 with vehemence, with pertinacity, violently. 
Ilieronym. Quod si contentiose dixerint, 
&c. Quintil. decl. Necesse est conten- 
tiosius loquaris, quod probare non pos- 
sis. Augustin. Contentiosissime defen- 
dere id quod falsum est. 
CoNTeNTIoSOS (contentio), a, urn, adj. 
2 full of energy, vehemence. Plin. Ep. 
Oratio, de qua loquor, pugnax et con- 
tentiosaest-If Also, disputatious, 
contentious. Augustin. Quid est conten- 
tiosius, quam certare de nomine. — Al¬ 
so, obstinate, pertinacious. Quintil. de- 
clam. Avidissimam moriendi cupidita- 
tem contentiosa mendicitate fallebam. 
Apul. Contentiosa-pernicie impellitur, 
h. c. obstinatione perniciosa. — Also, 
Pandect. Habent jurisdictionem, non 
tamen contentiosam, sed voluntariam, 
h. e. in matters which are contested, or 
over those persons who go to lain about 
something. 
CoNTeNTOS, a, 11 m, particip. from con¬ 
tendo. -IT Adj. stretched, exerted. Am- 
minnX'ontentior. Apul. Contentissimus. 
CoNTeNTOS, a, um, particip. from con- 
tineo. - IT Adj. content. Cic. Non 
modo contentus esses, sed melius non 
qusereres. Id. Bestite eo contents non 
qusrunt amplius. Id. Cui tanta pos- 
sessio, ut ad liberaliter vivendum facile 
contentus sit. Plant. Dii desqne con- 
tentiores mage erunt, atque avidi mi¬ 
nus. Horat. Contentum vivere.—With 
infin. Horat. Contentus scripsisse. Vellci. 
Contentus titulum retinere provincial 
C6NTEREBR5 (con & terebro), as, a. 1. 
to perforate, eat away. Casl. Aurelian. 
CoNTEREBROMIX (contero & Bromius, 
h. e. Bacchus), te, f. a word coined by 
Plautus, and signifying the land which 
Bacchus traversed with his army, or a 
land inhere much wine is pressed. 
CoNTeRMINS (con & termino),as, n. I. 
3 to border upon. Ammian. Quibus Ara- 
bes beati conterminant. 
CoNTeRMINOS (con & terminus), a, 
2 um, adj. bordering upon, touching at the 
boundaries, conterminous, close to, hard bit, 
opopos. Ovid. Ardua morus erat, gelido 
contermina fonti. Tacit. In longinqua 
et contermina Scythi® fugam maturavit. 
Plin. ^Ethiopia fEgypto contermina. 
Id. Cn. Pompeius nunquam agrum 
mercatus est conterminum. — With 
genii. Apul. Praidicti jugi conterminos 
locos appulit. — With abl. Apul. Locum 
lacu aliquo conterminum. — Figur. 
Stat. Morti contermina virtus. - 
H Conterminum, i, n. aboundary, confine, 
border. Plin. In contermino Arabi®. 
CoNTeRN 5 (con & terni), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to set three things together. Hygin. 
— Also, Hieronym.. Vitula conternans, 
li. e. trima.-IT Hence, Conternatio, 
onis, f. Hygin. 
C6NTER5 (con & tero), is, trlvi, trltum, 
a. 3. to break or bruise small, pound, 
grind, break up, mash up, avvrptffio, sa- 
Tarpi^it). Ovid. Vivacis cornua cervi 
contere. Plin. Conterere aliquid in 
cinerem, to reduce to ashes. Varr. Scyl- 
1® modicum conterunt cum aqua ad 
mellis crassitudinem. Plin. Succidam 
lanam imponunt contritis, sc. homini- 
bus, h. e. who have broken a bone. Plant. 
Conterere alicui latera stimulo. Petrnn. 
Manibus inter se usque ad articuloruin 
strepitum contritis, pressed hard together. 
-IT Also, to wear out. Ovid. Con- 
teritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab 
usu. Quintil. Supellex conteritur. Cic. 
205 
naiSeiav Kvpov, quam contrieram legen- 
do, totam in hoc imperio explicavi, h. e. 
had often read. Lucret. Conterimus bo- 
ves - - If Figur. Plant. Conteris tu 
tua me oratione, rnulier. Id. Quan- 
quam sumus pauperculi, est domi, quod 
edimus, ne nos tain contemptim conte- 
ras, make us so contemptible, treat, us so 
conteniptuously. Cic. Ceteras. nationes 
contrivit, broke, reduced, subdued. Id. 
Rcliqua ex collatione facile est conte- 
rcre atque contemnere, h. c. to degrade, 
vilify. Id. Qua sunt horum tomporum, 
ea jam contrivimus, have exhausted by 
frequent, writing. Plant. Is vel Herculia 
conterere qurestum possit, wear out, 
h. e. spend, run through. Cic. Ejus 
gravissimas injurias voluntaria quadam 
oblivione contriveram, h. e. had forgot¬ 
ten, had, erased from memory. Id. Con¬ 
terere se in musicis, geoinetria, &c. to 
spend one’s time; to grow old in. — Con¬ 
terere ®tatem, diem, tempus, curam, 
&c. to spend, employ. Cic. ®tatem in 
litibus. Plaut. ®tatem in pistrino. Cic. 
Diei brevitas conviviis, noctis longitu- 
doflagitiis conterebatur. Tcrent. Frus- 
tra operam conterere. So, Cic. Con- 
teri in causis, in negotiis, in foro, to be 
versed in. - IT Tibull. Ego tecum 
annos conteruisse veliin. Al. leg. (e. g. 
F.d. Heyn.) contribuisse. -IT See also 
Covtritus. 
CoNTeRRaNEOS (con & terra), i, m. a 
2 countryman, one of the same country or 
region. Plin. 
CoNTeRRES (con terreo), es, ui, Itum, 
1 a. 2.^ to terrify, frighten greatly, sara- 
(pnfocio, iicn\f]TToi. Cic. loquacitatem 
nostrarn vultu ipso aspectuque. Lucret. 
pectora vulgi metu. Virg. Aspectu 
conterritus h®sit. 
CoNTeRRITOS, a, um, particip. from 
conterreo. 
CoNTeSSERaTIS (contessero), onis, f. 
3 the forming of friendship with a stran/rer. 
Tertull. b 
CoNTeSSERS (con & tesssra), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to make friendship with a 
stranger by tesser®. Tertull. -IT See 
Tessera. 
CoNTeSTaTIS (contestor), onis, f. a 
1 bearing witness, testimony. Gell. Sul- 
pieius testamentum compositum esse 
dixit a mentis contestatione. Id. In 
tain atroci re, ac tarn misera atque 
mcesta injuri® public® contestatione, 
showing, affirming, relating _IT Also, 
a conjuring, entreating earnestly. Cic. 
fragm. Petivit a me Praitore maxima 
contestatione, ut causam Manilii defen- 
derem.-if Contestatio litis, the for¬ 
mal introduction or commencement of a 
trial. Pandect. 
CoNTeSTaTIuNCOLX (dimin. from 
3 contestatio), ®, f. a short entreaty or 
speech. Sidon. 
CoNTeSTaTo (contestatus), adverb, in 
the presence of witnesses ; or by attesta¬ 
tion, affirmation. Pandect. 
CqNTeSTaTOS, a, um, particip. from 
contestor. - IT Also used passively; 
hence, as an adj. proved, tried, known, 
attested. Cic. Ab hac perenni contes- 
tataque virtute majorum Flaccus non 
degeneravit. 
CoNTeSTIFICaNS (con & testificor), 
3 tis, particip. bearing witness, or bearina- 
witness together. Tertull. 
CoNTeSTOR (con & testor), aris, atus 
sum, dep. 1. to call to witness, take to wit¬ 
ness, conjure, iiapaprvpopai. Cic. Cum 
ego te, cffilum noctemque contestans, 
flens flentem obtestabar. Id. Deos lio- 
minesque contestans. - IT Also, to 
beseech, pray. Cats. Contestatus deos, 
ut ea res legioni feliciter eveniret_ 
If Contestari litem, to commence a suit in 
the formal manner (because, according 
to Fest., the parties at the commence¬ 
ment of the trial used to say, testes 
estote), to go to law. Cic. Neque enim 
procuratores litem contestabuntur, stand 
a trial; join issue. Gell. Petere insti- 
tuit ex pacto mercedem: litem cum 
Euathlo contestatur. — So, passively, 
Cic. Iste cum eo litem contestatam ha- 
liet.-IT Also, to bear witness, testify, 
certify, declare, affirm, attest, show. Pan¬ 
dect. Si sic contestatus sit: Quod voles, 
&c. ■ Id. Ad contestandas excusatio- 
