contumeliosam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contumeliosus, contumeliosa -um, contumeliosior -or -us, contumeliosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
insulting, outrageous, humiliating; rude, insolent, abusive; reproachful (L+S);
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...necesse superbis assidere liminibus nec supercilium grave et contumeliosam etiam humanitatem pati, non est necesse maria temptare..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...manum naufrago, exsuli hospitium, egenti stipem, non hanc contumeliosam, quam pars maior horum, qui misericordes videri volunt, abicit..."