lītigiōsus, a, um, adj. litigium, full of disputes, quarrelsome. Lit.: fora, Ov. F. 4, 188: disputatio, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 76.
— Fond of disputes, contentious, litigious: homo minime litigiosus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, ยง 37: duae anus, quibus nihil litigiosius, Sid. Ep. 8, 3: homines pertinacissimi et litigiosissimi, Aug. Ep. 68.
— Transf., of the object of dispute, disputed: praediolum, Cic. de Or. 3, 27, 106.
— Esp. of the subject of a lawsuit, contested, claimed: de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus, Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 5: fundum litigiosum emere, Gai. Inst. 4, 117: pecora, Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 3.
—Adv.: lītigiōsē, contentiously, Aug. c. Duas Epp. Pel. 3, 4, 13.