contradico

Italian

Verb

contradico

first-person singular present indicative of contradire

Anagrams

circondato, concordati, condrocita, ritoccando

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.traːˈdiː.koː/, [kɔn̪t̪räːˈd̪iːkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.traˈdi.ko/, [kon̪t̪räˈd̪iːko]

Verb

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

(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."

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrādīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	contrādīcō	contrādīcis		contrādīcit	contrādīcimus	contrādīcitis		contrādīcunt
	imperfect	contrādīcēbam	contrādīcēbās		contrādīcēbat	contrādīcēbāmus	contrādīcēbātis		contrādīcēbant
	future	contrādīcam	contrādīcēs		contrādīcet	contrādīcēmus	contrādīcētis		contrādīcent
	perfect	contrādīxī	contrādīxistī		contrādīxit	contrādīximus	contrādīxistis		contrādīxērunt, contrādīxēre
	pluperfect	contrādīxeram	contrādīxerās		contrādīxerat	contrādīxerāmus	contrādīxerātis		contrādīxerant
	future perfect	contrādīxerō	contrādīxeris		contrādīxerit	contrādīxerimus	contrādīxeritis		contrādīxerint
passive	present	contrādīcor	contrādīceris, contrādīcere		contrādīcitur	contrādīcimur	contrādīciminī		contrādīcuntur
	imperfect	contrādīcēbar	contrādīcēbāris, contrādīcēbāre		contrādīcēbātur	contrādīcēbāmur	contrādīcēbāminī		contrādīcēbantur
	future	contrādīcar	contrādīcēris, contrādīcēre		contrādīcētur	contrādīcēmur	contrādīcēminī		contrādīcentur
	perfect	contrādictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contrādictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contrādictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	contrādīcam	contrādīcās		contrādīcat	contrādīcāmus	contrādīcātis		contrādīcant
	imperfect	contrādīcerem	contrādīcerēs		contrādīceret	contrādīcerēmus	contrādīcerētis		contrādīcerent
	perfect	contrādīxerim	contrādīxerīs		contrādīxerit	contrādīxerīmus	contrādīxerītis		contrādīxerint
	pluperfect	contrādīxissem	contrādīxissēs		contrādīxisset	contrādīxissēmus	contrādīxissētis		contrādīxissent
passive	present	contrādīcar	contrādīcāris, contrādīcāre		contrādīcātur	contrādīcāmur	contrādīcāminī		contrādīcantur
	imperfect	contrādīcerer	contrādīcerēris, contrādīcerēre		contrādīcerētur	contrādīcerēmur	contrādīcerēminī		contrādīcerentur
	perfect	contrādictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contrādictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	contrādīc, contrādīce¹		—	—	contrādīcite		—
active	future	—	contrādīcitō		contrādīcitō	—	contrādīcitōte		contrādīcuntō
passive	present	—	contrādīcere		—	—	contrādīciminī		—
passive	future	—	contrādīcitor		contrādīcitor	—	—		contrādīcuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		contrādīcere		contrādīcī		contrādīcēns		—
future		contrādictūrum esse		contrādictum īrī		contrādictūrus		contrādīcendus, contrādīcundus
perfect		contrādīxisse		contrādictum esse		—		contrādictus
future perfect		—		contrādictum fore		—		—
perfect potential		contrādictūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		contrādīcendī	contrādīcendō		contrādīcendum	contrādīcendō	contrādictum		contrādictū

¹Old Latin.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “oppose”): adiuvō, cōnfirmō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: contradir
English: contradict
French: contredire
Galician: contradicir
Italian: contraddire
Portuguese: contradizer
Romanian: contrazice
Spanish: contradecir

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
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)