contestor
Latin
Etymology
From con- + testor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtes.tor/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtes.tor/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛst̪or]
Verb
contestor (present infinitive contestārī, perfect active contestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I 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
- Italian: contestare
- Portuguese: contestar
- 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
- to call gods and men to witness: contestari deos hominesque