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
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..."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..."