contemptrix
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contemptrix, contemptricis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despiser; she who looks down on/scorns; who disregards/pays no heed (to life);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
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..."