Fromdē- +‎certō.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /deːˈker.toː/,[d̪eːˈkɛrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃer.to/,[d̪eˈt͡ʃɛrt̪o]

dēcertō (present infinitivedēcertāre,perfect activedēcertāvī,supinedēcertātum);first conjugation

1. tofight (to the finish)

   Synonyms:dēcernō,lūctor,repugnō,pugnō,contendō,committō,concurrō,certō,bellō,dīmicō,cōnflīgō,serō

2. tocontend,dispute orargue

   Synonyms:certō,contendō

   • c. 52BCE,Julius Caesar,Commentarii de Bello Gallico1.44:

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum essedecertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

• “decerto”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decerto”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decerto inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight a decisive battle:proelio, armis decertare (B. G. 1. 50)
    

Fromde +‎certo.

• Hyphenation:de‧cer‧to

decerto (notcomparable)

1. certainly

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