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contrario

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

Found 97 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.30.3: Itaque ut reliquorum imperatorum res adversae auctoritatem minuunt, sic huius ex contrario dignitas incommodo accepto in dies augebatur.

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.