contemptrix, contemptricis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despiser; she who looks down on/scorns; who disregards/pays no heed (to life);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | contemptrix | contemptrices |
| Gen. | contemptricis | contemptricum, contemptricium |
| Dat. | contemptrici | contemptricibus |
| Acc. | contemptricem | contemptrices |
| Voc. | contemptrix | contemptrices |
| Abl. | contemptrice | contemptricibus |
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...malis quaerit. Singulas lubet circumire virtutes. Fortitudo contemptrix timendorum est; terribilia et sub iugum libertatem nostram mittentia despicit..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...agmine fido segreget, inmitesque deos regemque cruentum contemptrix animae et magno temeraria luctu prouocet; hortantur pietas ignesque pudici..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...faciem vertisse hominum; sed et illa propago contemptrix superum saevaeque avidissima caedis et violenta fuit: scires e sanguine..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...faciem vertisse hominum; sed et illa propago contemptrix superum saevaeque avidissima caedis et violenta fuit: scires e sanguine..."