Italian

Verb

contradico

1. first-person singular present indicative of contradire

Anagrams

• circondato, concordati, ritoccando

Latin

Etymology

From contrā- ‎(“against”) +‎ dīcō ‎(“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.traːˈdiː.koː/

Verb

contrādīcō ‎(present infinitive contrādīcere, perfect active contrādīxī, supine contrādictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. (often with dative) I speak or allege against, oppose; contradict, gainsay.
   • c. 530-533 CE, Justinian I, Corpus Juris Civilis: Pandects, 11.7.14.13

     huic contradici potest: "ergo pietatis gratia funerasti"

     In this instance it can be alleged against the plaintiff, "Therefore you have conducted the funeral through a sense of duty."

Usage notes

• Often written separately or inverted, especially during the pre-Augustan period of writing

Inflection

Synonyms

• (oppose): adversor, oppōnō, refrāgor, repugnō, resistō

Antonyms

• (oppose): adiuvō, cōnfirmō

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

• contradico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contradico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)