contrarium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtraː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̪ˈt̪raː.ri.um]
Adjective
contrārium
- inflection of contrārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Noun
contrārium n (genitive contrāriī or contrārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | contrārium | contrāria |
| genitive | contrāriī contrārī1 |
contrāriōrum |
| dative | contrāriō | contrāriīs |
| accusative | contrārium | contrāria |
| ablative | contrāriō | contrāriīs |
| vocative | contrārium | contrāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “contrarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “contrarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contrarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) in an opposite direction: in contrarium; in contrarias partes
- (ambiguous) in an opposite direction: in contrarium; in contrarias partes