contumeliosus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tu.meː.liˈoː.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪ʊmeːlʲiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tu.me.liˈo.sus/, [kon̪t̪umeliˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

contumēliōsus (feminine contumēliōsa, neuter contumēliōsum, superlative contumēliōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. abusive, insolent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	contumēliōsus	contumēliōsa	contumēliōsum		contumēliōsī	contumēliōsae	contumēliōsa
genitive	contumēliōsī	contumēliōsae	contumēliōsī		contumēliōsōrum	contumēliōsārum	contumēliōsōrum
dative	contumēliōsō	contumēliōsae	contumēliōsō		contumēliōsīs
accusative	contumēliōsum	contumēliōsam	contumēliōsum		contumēliōsōs	contumēliōsās	contumēliōsa
ablative	contumēliōsō	contumēliōsā	contumēliōsō		contumēliōsīs
vocative	contumēliōse	contumēliōsa	contumēliōsum		contumēliōsī	contumēliōsae	contumēliōsa

Related terms

• contumēlia

Descendants

• Catalan: contumeliós
• → English: contumelious
• Italian: contumelioso

References

• “contumeliosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contumeliosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contumeliosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • insulting expressions: voces (verba) contumeliosae
    
  • to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)