contumeliosis
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);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...semper liquidis fruaris undis, Nec te barbara contumeliosi Calcatum rota conterat bubulci; Sic et cornibus aureis receptis..."- M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nihil soles oblivisci nisi iniurias",CIX. et contumeliosi quod Attico scripsit de Pompeio et Caesare: "habeo quem fugiam..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nostrorum temporum iactatione diversa. X. Vitandum etiam ne contumeliosi maligni superbi maledici in quemquam hominem ordinemve videamur, praecipueque..."