concerto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

con-certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to contend with any one zealously or warmly (rare but class.; cf. aemulor).

I In gen.: te audio nescio quid concertasse cum ero, Ter. Ad. 211: pro explorato habebat, Ambiorigem proelio non esse concertaturum, * [Seel contenturum HD] Caes. B. G. 6, 5: de regno, Suet. Aug. 21: aves nandi velocitate concertant, Col. 8, 15, 4.—Poet., with dat.: triclinia templis concertant, Manil. 5, 507.—

II Esp., to dispute, debate (only so in Cic.): (Pompeius) saepius cum hoste conflixit, quam quisquam cum inimico concertavit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: cum aliquo verbo uno, id. Att. 3, 12, 2: cum Apolline de tripode, id. N. D. 3, 16, 42: concertantes super cenam de nobilitate generis, Suet. Calig. 22.

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