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) IPA(key): /kon.traːˈdiː.koː/, [kɔn̪t̪räːˈd̪iːkoː]
- (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) I 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."
- huic contradici potest: "ergo pietatis gratia funerasti"
- c. 530-533 C.E., Justinian I, Corpus Juris Civilis: Pandects, 11.7.14.13
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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | contrādīc, contrādīce1 | — | — | contrādīcite | — |
| future | — | contrādīcitō | contrādīcitō | — | contrādīcitōte | contrādīcuntō | |
| passive | present | — | contrādīcere | — | — | contrādīciminī | — |
| future | — | contrādīcitor | contrādīcitor | — | — | contrādīcuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | contrādīcere | contrādīxisse | contrādictūrum esse | contrādīcī | contrādictum esse | contrādictum īrī | |
| participles | contrādīcēns | — | contrādictūrus | — | contrādictus | contrādīcendus, contrādīcundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| contrādīcendī | contrādīcendō | contrādīcendum | contrādīcendō | contrādictum | contrādictū | ||
1Archaic.
Synonyms
- (oppose): adversor, oppōnō, refrāgor, repugnō, resistō
Antonyms
- (oppose): adiuvō, cōnfirmō
Derived terms
- contrādīcēns
- contrādīcibilis
- contrādictiō
- contrādictor
- contrādictōrius
Related terms
- abdīcō
- addīcō
- benedīcō
- condīcō
- dīcō
- ēdīcō
- indīcō
- interdīcō
- maledīcō
- praedīcō
- prōdīcō
- superdīcō
Descendants
- Catalan: contradir
- English: contradict
- French: contredire
- Galician: contradicir
- Italian: contraddire
- Portuguese: contradizer
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)
- to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)