English → Latin
“vie with” in Latin
certōto match, vie with, emulate; to fight, wrestle; to contend, compete, raceconcertōto fight or contend; to dispute or debate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vie with
Of persons, certare, or concertare or contendere cum aliquo: aemulari aliquem or cum aliquo. To vie with anybody in anything, aliqua re certare or concertare cum aliquo; (of mutual competition) aliqua re inter se certare.
Of things, certare cum aliqua re (poetical, alicui rei; e.g., viridique certat bacca Venafro, Hor.): aemulari aliquid (e.g., Balicae uvae Albanum vinum aemulantur, Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vie with?
- The usual Latin words for “vie with” are certō, concertō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.