contradictio

Latin

Etymology

From contrādicō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.traːˈdik.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪räːˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.traˈdik.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪räˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

contrādictiō f (genitive contrādictiōnis); third declension

1. The act of contradicting.
2. A reply, answer, objection, counterargument, contradiction; opposition.

   Ex contradictione quodlibet.^[1]

   From a contradiction anything [follows]: $\neg C\rightarrow (C\rightarrow Q)$.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contrādictiō	contrādictiōnēs
Genitive	contrādictiōnis	contrādictiōnum
Dative	contrādictiōnī	contrādictiōnibus
Accusative	contrādictiōnem	contrādictiōnēs
Ablative	contrādictiōne	contrādictiōnibus
Vocative	contrādictiō	contrādictiōnēs

Related terms

• contrādīcēns
• contrādīcibilis
• contrādīcō

• contrādictor
• contrādictōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: contradicció
• English: contradiction
• French: contradiction
• Italaian: contraddizione
• Portuguese: contradição
• Romanian: contradicție
• Spanish: contradicción

References

• “contradictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• contradictio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016