contendo

== Galician == === Verb === contendo gerund of conter == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈtɛn.do/ Rhymes: -ɛndo Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧do === Verb === contendo first-person singular present indicative of contendere == Latin == === Etymology === From con- (“with, together”) + tendō (“stretch, extend; contend”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɛn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtɛn.do] === Verb === contendō (present infinitive contendere, perfect active contendī, supine contentum); third conjugation to hurry to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain to place together in comparison, compare, contrast (music) to tune (by stretching the strings) (of weapons) to shoot, hurl, dart, throw (of places) to extend, reach, stretch (with infinitive) to exert oneself vigorously to do something, apply oneself with zeal to, go to (in auctions) to vie with in bidding, bid against (with accusative or infinitive) to assert, affirm earnestly, maintain or contend energetically (intransitive) to dispute, fight, contend against, compete, vie with (intransitive, often with ab) to demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, seek to gain (intransitive, figuratively) to exert, pursue or strive for eagerly, strain eagerly, stretch (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[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== contendo gerund of conter === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== contendo first-person singular present indicative of contender