controversiam

controversiam is a Latin form of controversia, meaning “dispute, quarrel, controversy; debate exercise (in rhetoric)”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 127 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.63.5: Re impetrata contendunt ut ipsis summa imperi tradatur, et re in controversiam deducta totius Galliae concilium Bibracte indicitur. Eodem conveniunt undique frequentes.

Livy, Ab urbe condita 23.6.2: foedus enim cum Hannibale quibus uelint legibus facturos; neque controuersiam fore quin, cum ipse confecto bello Hannibal uictor in Africam decedat exercitumque deportet, Italiae imperium Campanis relinquatur.

All forms of controversia (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.