contradico Latin · revision 8059

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la contrā, la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.traːˈdiː.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.traˈdiː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contrādīcō''' (present infinitive contrādīcere, perfect active contrādīxī, supine contrādictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[contrā]] “against” and [[dīcō]] “to say”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its parts are often written apart in classical texts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of speaking against a measure.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to speak against, oppose a measure, claim or law, as in Cicero, and in Ulpian to contradict a person, and in law to speak against one's opponent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to contradict, oppose, resist, object to.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''contraddire'', French ''contredire'' and Spanish ''contradecir'', and its participle ''contrādictus'' gave [[en|contradict]] in the 1570s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of opposing a measure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of contradicting a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English ''contradict'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To speak against, [[m|en|oppose]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|contradict]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[contrādīcibilis]]

+ * [[contrādictiō]]

+ * [[contrādictor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[en|contradict]]

+ * [[en|contradiction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}