contestor

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ testor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtes.tor/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtes.tor/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛst̪or]

Verb

contestor (present infinitive contestārī, perfect active contestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to call to witness

Conjugation

Conjugation of contestor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contestor	contestāris, contestāre	contestātur	contestāmur	contestāminī	contestantur
	imperfect	contestābar	contestābāris, contestābāre	contestābātur	contestābāmur	contestābāminī	contestābantur
	future	contestābor	contestāberis, contestābere	contestābitur	contestābimur	contestābiminī	contestābuntur
	perfect	contestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contester	contestēris, contestēre	contestētur	contestēmur	contestēminī	contestentur
	imperfect	contestārer	contestārēris, contestārēre	contestārētur	contestārēmur	contestārēminī	contestārentur
	perfect	contestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contestāre	—	—	contestāminī	—
	future	—	contestātor	contestātor	—	—	contestantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contestārī	contestātum esse	contestātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		contestāns	contestātus	contestātūrus	—	—	contestandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contestandī	contestandō	contestandum	contestandō	contestātum	contestātū

Descendants

• Asturian: contestar
• Catalan: contestar
• English: contest
• French: contester
• Galician: contestar
• Italian: contestare
• Portuguese: contestar
• Romanian: contesta
• Spanish: contestar

References

• “contestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contestor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to call gods and men to witness: contestari deos hominesque