It happened (though indeed it had the apparance of being something more than casual) that a few days after I had published this piece, Certus was taken ill and died.
But I succeeded, nevertheless, in my aim, another person being appointed to succeed Certus in the consulship, while the election of his colleague to that office was confirmed.
Here we see the origin of the tale relating to the duchess of York; nullus certus & incorruptus sangnis: from these mistaken or perverted words flowed the report of Richard's aspersing his mother's honour.
Pliny revised the speech and published it in book form, and Certus died a few days after it appeared, haunted, so Pliny tells us, by the vision of his prosecutor pursuing him, sword in hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "certus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
