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contrariis

contrariis is a Latin form of contrarius, meaning “opposite, contrary; (e contrario) on the contrary”. It is the dative plural masculine noun or ablative plural neuter adjective or ablative plural feminine adjective or ablative plural masculine adjective.

Found 90 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.61: … ocis excedere et in Celtiberiam bellum transferre. Huic consilio suffragabatur etiam illa res, quod ex duobus contrariis generibus, quae superiore bello cum Sertorio steterant civitates, victae nomen atque imperium absentis Pompei …

Seneca the Younger, De Clementia 1.12.4: Contrariis in contraria agitur ; nam cum invisus sit, quia timetur, timeri vult, quia invisus est, et illo exsecrabili v …

All forms of contrarius (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.