English → Latin
“contradict” in Latin
obloquorto speak against someone or something; interrupt a speaker, interject; to gainsay, contradict; to sing to, accompany or adversorto stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstandrepugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfsententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fu
The English word contradict itself goes back to Latin dīcō, through contrādictus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
contradict
obloqui, anybody, alicui: contra dicere (absolute; to speak against anything; contradicere alicui or alicui rei, was not used before the Silver age): adversari (to oppose: alicui: to contradict every body, adversari semper omnibus, Cic.): impugnare aliquid (to assail. e.g., an opinion, sententiam): repugnare (to fight against, oppose; e.g., alicui rei or contra aliquid). To contradict in a noisy manner, obstrepere: to contradict with a loud voice, reclamare: to contradict one another, obloqui (of persons), inter se pugnare, or repugnare, or discrepare, or dissidere (to differ, to be inconsistent with each other, etc.,: of opinions): to contradict one’s self, secum pugnare (general term): pugnantia loqui (to say contradictory things): a se dissidere: sibi dissentire: sibi non constare (of persons who do not abide by a statement they have made, e.g., of a witness, etc.): they (the witnesses) contradict one another, non congruentia respondent.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for contradict?
- The usual Latin words for “contradict” are obloquor, adversor, repugnō; also sententia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.