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contradico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contradire

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (often with dative) to speak or allege against, oppose; contradict, gainsay
    • c. 530-533 C.E., 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."

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

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1Old Latin.

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References

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  • 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
  • contradico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)