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contumelia
contumelia
Latin
Etymology
Related to contumāx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈmeː.li.a/, [kɔn.tʊˈmeː.li.a]
Noun
contumēlia f (genitive contumēliae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | contumēlia | contumēliae |
genitive | contumēliae | contumēliārum |
dative | contumēliae | contumēliīs |
accusative | contumēliam | contumēliās |
ablative | contumēliā | contumēliīs |
vocative | contumēlia | contumēliae |
Derived terms
- contumēliō
- contumēliōsus
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: contumenia
- English: contumely
- French: contumélie
- Italian: contumelia
References
- contumelia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contumelia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contumelia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to insult some one: contumelia aliquem afficere
- insulting expressions: verborum contumeliae
- to insult some one: contumelia aliquem afficere