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contentĭo (noun F) : contendo (acc. to contendo, II.)
* An eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).
* In gen.
* Prop.: contentio et summissio vocis,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: vocis,id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56: vocis aut lateris,Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.: gravitatis et ponderum,of gravitation,Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116: animi (opp. relaxatio),id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object: disputationis,Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230: honorum (with ambitio),id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf. palmae,Quint. 1, 2, 24: dignitatis,id. 4, 5, 12; cf.: libertatis dignitatisque,Liv. 4, 6, 11 al.
* In partic.
* Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis; contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum ... sermo in circulis, etc.,Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni; contentio est oratio acris, etc.,Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—*
* Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.
* (Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.): contentiones proeliorum,Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.: magna belli,id. Sest. 27, 58: contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.: cum aliquo de aliquā re,Quint. 4, 2, 132: de aliquā re,Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.: adversus procuratores,Tac. Agr. 9: inter aliquos,Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.: inter aliquos de aliquā re,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.
* (Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast: si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17: quaedam hominum ipsorum,id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114: fortunarum,id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence
* T. t.
* In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.
* In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll.
* An eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).
* In gen.
* Prop.: contentio et summissio vocis,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: vocis,id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56: vocis aut lateris,Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.: gravitatis et ponderum,of gravitation,Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116: animi (opp. relaxatio),id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object: disputationis,Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230: honorum (with ambitio),id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf. palmae,Quint. 1, 2, 24: dignitatis,id. 4, 5, 12; cf.: libertatis dignitatisque,Liv. 4, 6, 11 al.
* In partic.
* Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis; contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum ... sermo in circulis, etc.,Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni; contentio est oratio acris, etc.,Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—*
* Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.
* (Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.): contentiones proeliorum,Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.: magna belli,id. Sest. 27, 58: contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.: cum aliquo de aliquā re,Quint. 4, 2, 132: de aliquā re,Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.: adversus procuratores,Tac. Agr. 9: inter aliquos,Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.: inter aliquos de aliquā re,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.
* (Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast: si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17: quaedam hominum ipsorum,id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114: fortunarum,id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence
* T. t.
* In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.
* In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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