contradictio Latin · revision 37023

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 55 BC–40 AD, Seneca the Elder|origins=la contrādīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔn.traːˈdɪk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kon.traˈdik.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contrādictiō''' ''f'' (genitive contrādictiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|contrādīcō|-tiō|t1=to speak against]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) That verb is formed from [[m|la|contrā|t=against]] and [[m|la|dīcō#2|t=to say]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first known use is in the elder Seneca's ''Suasoriae'', of a counterargument that has been put forward.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is post-Augustan and most frequent in Quintilian, for the replies and objections of judicial pleading;^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''contradictionem sumere'' meant to anticipate an opponent's objection.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus uses it of speaking in opposition.^(OLD 2012) Boethius uses it in logic for the opposition of affirmation and negation, a contradiction.^(Conte 2010)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a refusal, and the denial or contesting of a right.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''contradiction'' (late 14th century) comes from Old French or directly from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 55 BC–40 AD – The elder Seneca uses it of a counterargument.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it often for objections in court.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of repeated speaking in opposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English borrows it as ''contradiction''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Speaking in opposition, [[m|en|objection]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An argument put forward in opposition, a [[m|en|counterargument]], reply.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(logic)'' [[m|en|contradiction|alt=Contradiction]], the opposition of affirmation and negation.^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A refusal; a [[m|en|denial]] or contesting of a right.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contrādīcibilis]]

+ * [[contrādīcō]]

+ * [[contrādictor]]

+ * [[contrādictōrius]]

+ * [[contrādictus]]

+ * [[en|contradiction]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The phrase ''contradictiō in adiectō'' names a contradiction between a noun and its adjective.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}