The corpus record — Latin

litigo

litigo · v. n

to dispute, quarrel, strive

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Where it lives

Otho 1 · 6.34/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 1 · 2.1/10k
Andria 2 · 2.03/10k
Poenulus 2 · 1.81/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Satyricon 4 · 1.31/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lītĭgo — Lewis & Short

lītĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.litem ago,

I to dispute, quarrel, strive.

I In gen.: qua de re litigatis inter vos? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 16: Hirtium cum Quinctio acerrime litigasse, Cic. Att. 13, 37, 2; Juv. 6, 35.—Prov.: litigare cum ventis, to give one's self useless trouble: cum ventis litigo, Petr. 83; cf.: miraris, quererisque, litigasque, Mart. 11, 35, 3.—

II In partic., to sue at law, litigate, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3; id. Cael. 11, 27; Juv. 7, 141: effectum est ut per concepta verba, id est, per formulas litigaremus, Gai. Inst. 4, 30.—Impers. pass.: litigatur, there is a lawsuit, Gell. 14, 2, 14.—Hence, subst.: lītĭgans, antis, m., a quarrelsome person, a disputant, litigant.

a In a suit at law, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.—

b In some other way, Gell. 2, 12, 6.

Where it came from

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