certamen

Etymology

From Latin certāmen (“contest”).

Pronunciation

• (faithful to Latin original) IPA^(key): [kɛɹˈtɑːmɛn]
• (Anglicised) IPA^(key): [kɚˈtɑmən]

Noun

certamen (uncountable)

1. A team competition in which contestants answer questions about classical history, culture, and mythology, and the Latin language.

Noun

certamen m (plural certàmens)

1. contest, competition

Etymology

From certō (“struggle, contend”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kerˈtaː.men/, [kɛrˈtaː.mẽ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈta.men/, [t͡ʃerˈtaː.men]

Noun

certāmen n (genitive certāminis); third declension

1. A contest, struggle, strife.
2. A battle, engagement, combat.
   • 1st Timothy, 6:12

     certa bonum certamen

     Fight the good fight

3. An object contended for, prize.

References

• certamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• certamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• certamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• certamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • gymnastic contests: certamina gymnica
    
  • party-strife: certamen partium
    
  • to engage in the fight: in certamen descendere
    
  • single combat: certamen singulare
    
  • to challenge some one to single combat: povocare aliquem ad certamen singulare
    

Etymology

From Latin certāmen

Pronunciation

• (Castellano) IPA^(key): /θeɾˈta.men/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /seɾˈta.men/

Noun

certamen m (plural certámenes)

1. competition