contentĭo
feminine noun III declension

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1 stretching, tension
2 (physical or mental) strenuous exercise
3 (degree of adjective) comparison
4 competition, struggle, effort, exertion
5 controversy, contention, contrast
6 raising voice, speaking passionately, vigourously, formally
7 intensification

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a contentionibus relaxo aliquid = mitigate ardor slightly || asperitas contentionis || de aliqua re alicuius rei contentio || ancipiti contentione districti || facio contentionem cum aliquo de aliqua re || an decertare mecum voluit contentione dicendi ? || ab hac contentione disputationis animos nostros laxemus = we give rest to our souls from the tension of this discussion || animos remiserant a contentione pugnae || ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat = because of the weakness of the lungs he reduced all efforts of the voice




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