contrapono

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Latin

Etymology

From contrā +‎ pōnō.

Pronunciation

Verb

contrāpōnō (present infinitive contrāpōnere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to place opposite, to oppose.

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References

  • contrapono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contrapono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “contrāpōnō, pōnō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001