contestor, contestaris, contestari A, contestatus sum (Dep.) Verb

Translations

  1. to call to witness
  2. to appeal to the gods that (w/ut)
  3. to join issue (w/litis)

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A-Conjugation (1)

This is a deponent verb. It gave up ("deponere") its active forms (even though they still exist). Such verbs occur in passive voice but are translated in active voice.

For example: "loquor" (Form analysis: 1. Person Sg. Present Passive, "to say") translates to: "I say", NOT "I am said" because it is a deponent verb.

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) contestarecontestari
Anter. (Perfect) -contestatum esse
Post. (Future) contestaturum essecontestatum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. contestare
Gen. contestandi
Dat. contestando
Acc. contestandum
Voc. contestare
Abl. contestando

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative contesta!contestate!
Supinum
Type I contestatum
Type II contestatū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses I
Gaius Julius Caesar

est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae,

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum I
Hyginus

te studio grammaticae artis inductum, non solum versuum moderatione, quam pauci perviderunt, sed historiarum

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

fit, Maecenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem seu ratio dederit seu fors obiecerit, illa contentus vivat, laudet

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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