contendo

Galician

Verb

contendo

1. gerund of conter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧do

Verb

contendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contendere

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ tendō (“stretch, extend; contend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈten.doː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈten.do/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

contendō (present infinitive contendere, perfect active contendī, supine contentum); third conjugation

1. to hurry
2. to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain
3. to place together in comparison, compare, contrast
4. (music) to tune (by stretching the strings)
5. (of weapons) to shoot, hurl, dart, throw
6. (of places) to extend, reach, stretch
7. (with infinitive) to exert oneself vigorously to do something, apply oneself with zeal to, go to
8. (in auctions) to vie with in bidding, bid against
9. (with accusative or infinitive) to assert, affirm earnestly, maintain or contend energetically
10. (intransitive) to dispute, fight, contend against, compete, vie with
11. (intransitive, often with ab) to demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, seek to gain
12. (intransitive, figuratively) to exert, pursue or strive for eagerly, strain eagerly, stretch
13. (intransitive, figuratively) to seek to arrive at, march, journey hastily to, hasten, press forward, go, advance rapidly

Conjugation

Conjugation of contendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contendō	contendis	contendit	contendimus	contenditis	contendunt
	imperfect	contendēbam	contendēbās	contendēbat	contendēbāmus	contendēbātis	contendēbant
	future	contendam	contendēs	contendet	contendēmus	contendētis	contendent
	perfect	contendī	contendistī	contendit	contendimus	contendistis	contendērunt, contendēre
	pluperfect	contenderam	contenderās	contenderat	contenderāmus	contenderātis	contenderant
	future perfect	contenderō	contenderis	contenderit	contenderimus	contenderitis	contenderint
passive	present	contendor	contenderis, contendere	contenditur	contendimur	contendiminī	contenduntur
	imperfect	contendēbar	contendēbāris, contendēbāre	contendēbātur	contendēbāmur	contendēbāminī	contendēbantur
	future	contendar	contendēris, contendēre	contendētur	contendēmur	contendēminī	contendentur
	perfect	contentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contendam	contendās	contendat	contendāmus	contendātis	contendant
	imperfect	contenderem	contenderēs	contenderet	contenderēmus	contenderētis	contenderent
	perfect	contenderim	contenderīs	contenderit	contenderīmus	contenderītis	contenderint
	pluperfect	contendissem	contendissēs	contendisset	contendissēmus	contendissētis	contendissent
passive	present	contendar	contendāris, contendāre	contendātur	contendāmur	contendāminī	contendantur
	imperfect	contenderer	contenderēris, contenderēre	contenderētur	contenderēmur	contenderēminī	contenderentur
	perfect	contentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contende	—	—	contendite	—
	future	—	contenditō	contenditō	—	contenditōte	contenduntō
passive	present	—	contendere	—	—	contendiminī	—
	future	—	contenditor	contenditor	—	—	contenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contendere	contendisse	contentūrum esse	contendī	contentum esse	contentum īrī
participles		contendēns	—	contentūrus	—	contentus	contendendus, contendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contendendī	contendendō	contendendum	contendendō	contentum	contentū

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

• attendō
• contentiōsē
• contentiōsus
• dētendō
• distendō
• extendō
• intendō
• obtendō
• ostendō
• pertendō
• portendō
• praetendō
• prōtendō
• retendō
• subtendō
• tendō

Descendants

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Central Italian: contennere
  • Italian: contendere ⇒ contesa
  • Sicilian: cuntènniri
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: countent, countentin
  • Old French: contendre ⇒ acontendre, recontendre, contenderie
    • Middle French: contendre ⇒ contendant, contentif
    • → Middle English: contenden
      • English: contend
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: contendre
  • Old Occitan: contendre, contener ⇒ conten, contenda, contena
    • ⇒ Béarnese: countendè (“joint territory subject to disputes”)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: contender ⇒ contenda
  • Spanish: contender ⇒ contienda
• → Proto-Brythonic: *konten (noun)
  • Middle Welsh: kynhen
    • Welsh: cynnen ⇒ cynhenna
  • → Old Irish: contan
    • Irish: cointinn

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “contendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 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.
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnes nervos in aliqua re contendere
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: contendere et laborare, ut
    
  • to contend with some one for the pre-eminence: contendere cum aliquo de principatu (Nep. Arist. 1)
    
  • to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
    
  • to give battle with a cavalry-division: proelio equestri contendere
    
  • to row hard: remis contendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
    

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

contendo

1. gerund of conter

Etymology 2

Verb

contendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contender