English → Latin
“opposition” in Latin
repugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfpugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarreldiscrepōto disagree (with), differ or varyalterthe other; the second; the one ... the other (alter ... alter)advertōto turn to or towards; to steer or pilot (a ship); to turn the mind to, give attention or draw attention to, attend
The English word opposition itself goes back to Latin pōnō, through oppositiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
opposition
Act of opposing, repugnantia (not contradictio): pugna; or by circumlocution by the verbs.
State of contrariety, discrepantia.
An adverse party, pars adversa (Quint.), di versa (Suet.), altera (Liv.); factio adversaria; factio adversariorum (Nep.) or adversa (Liv.); qui sunt adversae factionis (Liv.). The leader of the opposition, alterius factionis princeps (Liv., 23, 3): to support the opposition, contrarias partes sumere (of an orator, Wolf): he had so suddenly gone over to the opposition, adeo in alteram causam praeceps ierat (Liv., 2, 27).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for opposition?
- The usual Latin words for “opposition” are repugnō, pugna, discrepō; also alter, advertō. 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.