certatio
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
Latin > English
certatio certationis N F :: striving; contest; struggling for superiority/mastery; (fight/sports/legal)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
certātĭo: ōnis, f. 2. certo,
I a contending, striving, a combat, strife, contest, etc. (in good prose, most freq. in Cic.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: jam ludi publici sint corporum certatione, cursu, etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 22; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 4: certationes xysticorum, Suet. Aug. 45.—
B Esp., a military contest, a fight (very rare), Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 196, 1.—
II Trop.: Medea nequaquam istuc istac ibit: magna inest certatio, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 65 (Trag. Rel. v. 304 Vahl.): relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44: haec inter eos (amicos) fit honesta certatio, id. Lael. 9, 32: ingenia exercere certationibus, Vitr. 2, 1, 3.—Of a judicial contest: haec est iniqua certatio, Cic. Quint. 22, 73: non par, id. ib. 21, 68; hence: per populum multae poenae certatio esto, Lex ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 8.—So in the lang. of political life: certatio multae, a public discussion concerning a punishment to be inflicted, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 8 (cf. id. 25, 3, 13).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
certātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (certo), combat : Sisenna d. Non. 196, 1 || [en part.] lutte dans les jeux, au gymnase : corporum certatio Cic. Leg. 2, 38, lutte corps à corps || [fig.] lutte, débat : virtutis cum voluptate certatio Cic. Fin. 2, 44, conflit de la vertu et de la volupté || action, débat judiciaire : Cic. Quinct. 68 ; omissa multæ certatione Liv. 25, 4, 8, renonçant au débat sur l’amende.
Latin > German (Georges)
certātio, ōnis, f. (2. certo), I) der Streit, Kampf, Ter. adelph. 212. – insbes., a) Waffenkampf, Sisenn. 4. fr. 70 (bei Non. 196, 1). – b) Wettkampf bei öffentlichen Spielen, corporum, Cic. de legg. 2, 22 u. 38: xysticorum certationes, Suet. Aug. 45, 4: primum in certationem induci, den W. eröffnen, Vitr. 7. praef. § 6. – II) übtr.: 1) der Wettstreit, Kampf u. Streit in Worten u. Werken, a) übh.: magna inest certatio, Enn. fr.: mihi tecum par certatio non est, Cornif. rhet.: relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato, sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio, Cic.: Plur., certationes disputationesque, Gell. praef. § 19. – b) insbes., der Streit, die Verhandlung, Debatte vor Gericht, non fuisse Naevio parem certationem cum Alfeno, Cic. Quinct. 68: haec est iniqua certatio, non illa, quā tu contra Alfenum equitabas, ibid. 73. – u. als publiz. t. t.: c. multae poenae, die Verhandlung, Art Revision einer Geld-od. sonstigen Strafe vor dem Volke in den Tributkomitien (an die der von einem Magistrate mit einer Strafe Belegte provoziert hat), Cic. de legg. 3, 6: omittere multae certationem, Liv. 25, 4, 8. – 2) der Wettstreit, um es einem andern zuvorzutun, der Wetteifer, ambitio certationis, Vitr. 3. pr. § 3: c. honesta inter amicos, Cic. de amic. 32: Plur., ingenia exercere certationibus, Vitr. 2, 1, 3.
