| contrarius | Latin | in opposition , in an opposite direction |
| 〈oppositus〉 ‘in opposition’ | Latin | in opposition |
| 〈obsisto〉 ‘to be in opposition’ | Latin | to be in opposition |
| 〈diametrum〉 ‘opposition’ | Latin | opposition |
| 〈radiis adversus〉 ‘in opposition’ | Latin | in opposition |
| 〈ana tarṣi〉 ‘opposite’ | Akkadian | opposite |
| 〈διάμετρος〉 diametros ‘in opposition’ | Greek | in opposition |
| 〈διαμετρέω〉 diametreō ‘to be in opposition’ | Greek | to be in opposition |
| 〈ἐναντιόομαι〉 enantioomai ‘to be in opposition’ | Greek | to be in opposition |
| 〈ἀντίκειμαι〉 antikeimai ‘to be in opposition’ | Greek | to be in opposition |
| 〈ἐναντίος〉 enantios ‘in opposition’ | Greek | in opposition |
| 〈κατὰ διάμετρον〉 kata diametron ‘diametrically opposite’ | Greek | diametrically opposite , in opposition |