Contradicit

Contradicit is a Latin verb form meaning “he/she/it contradicts.” It is the third-person singular present indicative active of contradicere, the verb meaning to oppose, deny, or dispute. The infinitive is contradicere, and the first person singular present is contradicō. The principal parts are contradicō, contradicere, contradixī, contradictum. The form derives from the prefix contra- meaning “against” and dicere meaning “to say.”

Usage in Latin centers on expressing opposition to a statement, claim, or proposition. Contradicit can take a person in the dative to indicate whom is being contradicted, as in Marcus mihi contradicit “Marcus contradicts me,” or it can modify an argument or proposition, as in contradicit argumento tuo “he contradicts your argument.” It may also appear with quod- clauses or indirect statements to convey disagreement with what was asserted.

In grammar, contradicticere is a transitive verb of the Latin Romance family that follows the standard pattern of the third conjugation in its present tense forms. As with many Latin verbs, different forms accommodate subject, tense, mood, voice, number, and person, while the meaning remains consistent: to oppose or deny what has been stated.

See also: Contradiction (English), contradictio (Latin noun for a contradiction). The verb form contradicticit serves as the direct indicator in Latin texts that an interlocutor or text denies or challenges another’s assertion.