certatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of certō and perfect active participle of certor.

Participle

certātus (feminine certāta, neuter certātum, adverb certātim); first/second-declension participle

1. wrestled
2. contended, disputed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	certātus	certāta	certātum		certātī	certātae	certāta
genitive	certātī	certātae	certātī		certātōrum	certātārum	certātōrum
dative	certātō	certātae	certātō		certātīs
accusative	certātum	certātam	certātum		certātōs	certātās	certāta
ablative	certātō	certātā	certātō		certātīs
vocative	certāte	certāta	certātum		certātī	certātae	certāta

Noun

certatus m (genitive certatūs); fourth declension

1. struggle, contention
2. fight

   Synonyms: lis, rixa, duellum, dimicatio, certamen

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	certatus	certatūs
genitive	certatūs	certatuum
dative	certatuī	certatibus
accusative	certatum	certatūs
ablative	certatū	certatibus
vocative	certatus	certatūs

References

• “certatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• certatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti