contentio

contentiō ōnis, f

com-+2 TA-, a stretching, straining, exertion, tension, effort, struggle : vocis: studiorum: ferre tantam contentionem: dicendi: honorum, for honors : libertatis, L.— A contest, contention, strife, fight, dispute, controversy : contentiones proeliorum: magna belli: in re pecuniariā: tanta mecum: contentiones, quas Aedui secum habuissent, Cs.: adversus procuratores, Ta.— A comparison, contrast : hominum ipsorum: fortunarum.—In rhet., formal speech, oratory , C.— A contrast, antithesis , C.— Stress : vocis, i. e. the arsis .