contradictorius

Latin

Etymology

From contrādīcō (“I speak against; contradict”), from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.traː.dikˈtoː.ri.us/, [kɔn̪t̪räːd̪ɪkˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra.dikˈto.ri.us/, [kon̪t̪räd̪ikˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

contrādictōrius (feminine contrādictōria, neuter contrādictōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing an objection or contradiction, contradictory

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contrādictōrius	contrādictōria	contrādictōrium		contrādictōriī	contrādictōriae	contrādictōria
Genitive	contrādictōriī	contrādictōriae	contrādictōriī		contrādictōriōrum	contrādictōriārum	contrādictōriōrum
Dative	contrādictōriō		contrādictōriō		contrādictōriīs
Accusative	contrādictōrium	contrādictōriam	contrādictōrium		contrādictōriōs	contrādictōriās	contrādictōria
Ablative	contrādictōriō	contrādictōriā	contrādictōriō		contrādictōriīs
Vocative	contrādictōrie	contrādictōria	contrādictōrium		contrādictōriī	contrādictōriae	contrādictōria

Related terms

• contrādīcēns
• contrādīcibilis
• contrādīcō
• contrādictiō
• contrādictor

Descendants

• Asturian: contradictoriu
• Catalan: contradictori
• English: contradictory
• French: contradictoire
• Italian: contraddittorio
• Portuguese: contraditório
• Romanian: contradictoriu
• Spanish: contradictorio

References

• “contradictorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.