contradici
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inpares. Similium aliae quibus etiam citra adversam legem contradici possit, ut in hac controversia: "Magistratus ab arce..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...amicitia esset, per populum Romanum stetisse nec contradici quin, quoniam ipsos belli culpa sua contracti taedium ceperit, amicitia..."