contentĭōsus, a, um, adj. [contentio],
pertaining to contention, contentious, disputatious, headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious (mostly post-class.): contentiosa et pugnax oratio, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4: jurisdictio, Dig. 1, 16, 2.— Comp. : quid contentiosius, quam, etc., Aug. Ep. 174: pernicies, obstinate , Ap. Met. 8, 3, 9.—Adv.: con-tentĭōsē , pertinaciously, obstinately : dicere, Hier. ad Jovin. 2, 10.— Comp. : loqui, Quint. Decl. 18, 6.— Sup. , Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 1.