contumacissimum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contumax, contumacis (gen.), contumacior -or -us, contumacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
proud/unyielding/stubborn/defiant; (usu. bad); insolent/stiff-necked/obstinate;; willfully disobedient to decree/summons; not yielding, immovable (things);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...decrescit mora: dolorem dies longa consumit. Licet contumacissimum, cotidie insurgentem et contra remedia efferuescentem, tamen illum efficacissimum mitigandae..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...fortuna: fortissimos sibi pares quaerit, quosdam fastidio transit. Contumacissimum quemque et rectissimum adgreditur, aduersus quem uim suam intendat..."