alterco, āre, act. form for altercor (ante and post-class.),
to wrangle , quarrel : cum patre altercāsti, * Ter. And. 652.— Pass. : ne, dum de his altercatur, ipsius negotii disceptatio proteletur, Inst. Just. 4, 13, 10.
altercō āvī, —, āre, to wrangle: cum patre, T. ...
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