contrārius
From contrā (“against”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtraː.ri.us/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪räːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtra.ri.us/, [kon̪ˈt̪räːrius]
Adjective
contrārius (feminine contrāria, neuter contrārium, adverb contrāriē); first/second-declension adjective
- opposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting, witherward
- ex contrario ― on the contrary (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 30)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contrārius | contrāria | contrārium | contrāriī | contrāriae | contrāria | |
| Genitive | contrāriī | contrāriae | contrāriī | contrāriōrum | contrāriārum | contrāriōrum | |
| Dative | contrāriō | contrāriō | contrāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | contrārium | contrāriam | contrārium | contrāriōs | contrāriās | contrāria | |
| Ablative | contrāriō | contrāriā | contrāriō | contrāriīs | |||
| Vocative | contrārie | contrāria | contrārium | contrāriī | contrāriae | contrāria | |