certamen

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. A team competition in which contestants answer questions about classical history, culture, and mythology, and the Latin language. uncountable
    — It was the semifinal round of Certamen, Latin for contest, the Junior Classical League's answer to “It's Academic.” Two teams of four-each sat across from a judge, and pressed buzzers that lighted up a bulb showing which team responded first.

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Etymology tree
Latin certō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-mn̥
Latin -men
Latin certāmenbor.
English certamen
Borrowed from Latin certāmen (“contest”). Ultimately from Latin certus (“certain, fixed, settled, firm”).
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