contumelia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin contumēlia (“contumely, insult”).

Noun

contumelia f (plural contumelie)

  1. contumely, insult

Latin

Etymology

Related to contumāx.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈmeː.li.a/, [kɔn.tʊˈmeː.li.a]

Noun

contumēlia f (genitive contumēliae); first declension

  1. insult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment.
  2. affront, invective.
  3. humiliation, injury; assault, violence.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contumēlia contumēliae
Genitive contumēliae contumēliārum
Dative contumēliae contumēliīs
Accusative contumēliam contumēliās
Ablative contumēliā contumēliīs
Vocative contumēlia contumēliae

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • contumelia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contumelia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contumelia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to insult some one: contumelia aliquem afficere
    • insulting expressions: verborum contumeliae
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