contradict Copy link Outline I. To oppose by words1. contrādīco, ixi, ictum, 3 (with dat.2. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (with dat.)3. adversor, 1II. To be contradictory to1. pugno, 12. rĕpugno, 1 • contradict: I. To oppose by words: 1. contrādīco, ixi, ictum, 3 (with dat.: not so in Cic.): to c. the opinions of others, sententiis aliorum c., Tac.: Quint. (In Cic. usu. two words, contra dicere absolutely; or dicere contra foll. by acc.: v. against). 2. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (with dat.): not so strong as the English: sometimes = to interrupt (q. v.): to appeal to, interrupt, c., converse with, appellare, interpellare, ob., colloqui, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, init. 3. adversor, 1: i. e. to oppose (q. v.). II. To be contradictory to: 1. pugno, 1: you were so senseless that throughout your speech you c.'d yourself, tam eras excors ut tota in oratione tua, tecum ipse pugnares, Cic. 2. rĕpugno, 1: v. contradictory. Phr.: to c. oneself, pugnantia loqui, Cic.: more fully, quae inter se repugnent dicere: v. contradictory: to c. in a clamorous way, ingenti clamore alicui obstrepere, Liv. (or simply obstrepere, i. e. to endeavour to interrupt a person with bawling).