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contentionem

contentionem is a Latin form of contentio, meaning “exertion, effort; contest, rivalry; dispute”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 60 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.14: … cia ad alteram turrim aggeremque eruptione pugnaverunt multumque ignem intulerunt. Sed ut superioris temporis contentionem nostri omnem remiserant, ita proximi diei casu admoniti omnia ad defensionem paraverant. Itaque multis interf …

All forms of contentio (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.