contravenio
Latin
Etymology
From contrā- (“against”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.traːˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪räːˈu̯ɛnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.traˈve.ni.o/, [kon̪t̪räˈvɛːnio]
Verb
contrāveniō (present infinitive contrāvenīre, perfect active contrāvēnī, supine contrāventum); fourth conjugation
- I oppose.
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: contravenir
- English: contravene
- French: contrevenir
- Portuguese: contravir
- Spanish: contravenir
References
- “contravenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contravenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.