contradiceret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contradico, contradicere, contradixi, contradictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
gainsay/contradict; speak against/speak for adversary, oppose/object to/contest;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...facilius C. Curioni promptissimo iuveni, causam Caesaris defendenti, contradiceret, repetisse declamandi consnetudinem; M. Antonium, item Augustum ne Mutinensi..."IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...nisi morior, periclitor, ideo videor causas reddidisse, ut contradiceret pater, et, si bene novi malignas interpretationes, non exitum..."