Latin

Noun

contentiō f ‎(genitive contentiōnis); third declension

1. stretching, tension
2. competition, rivalry
3. struggle, effort
4. controversy, contention, dispute

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: contention
• French: contention
• Italian: contenzione
• Portuguese: contenção
• Spanish: contención

References

• contentio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contentio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contentio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to exert oneself: contentionem adhibere
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • to be at variance with: in controversia (contentione) esse, versari
    
  • to maintain a controversy with some one: controversiam (contentionem) habere cum aliquo
    
  • it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
    
  • pathetic address; emotional language: contentio (opp. sermo) (Off. 2. 48)
    
  • raising, lowering the voice: contentio, remissio vocis
    
  • party-strife: contentio partium (Phil. 5. 12. 32)