contrapono

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

contrā-pōno, no perf., pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,

I to place opposite, to oppose to (several times in Quint.; elsewh. only in late Lat., and rare): non semper quod adversum est contraponitur, Quint. 9, 3, 84; Tert. ad Mart. 4.—

II P. a. as subst.: contrā-pŏ-sĭtum , i, n., antithesis , Quint. 9, 3, 32; 9, 3, 81; 9, 3, 102 al.