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contumacia
contumacia
See also: contumácia
Latin
Etymology
From contumāx (“stubborn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.tuˈma.ki.a/
Noun
contumācia f (genitive contumāciae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | contumācia | contumāciae |
| genitive | contumāciae | contumāciārum |
| dative | contumāciae | contumāciīs |
| accusative | contumāciam | contumāciās |
| ablative | contumāciā | contumāciīs |
| vocative | contumācia | contumāciae |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: contumacia
- French: contumace
- Italian: contumacia
- Portuguese: contumácia
- Spanish: contumacia
References
- contumacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contumacia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CONTUMACIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contumacia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the frank but defiant demeanour of Socrates (before his judges): libera contumacia Socratis (Tusc. 1. 29. 71)
- the frank but defiant demeanour of Socrates (before his judges): libera contumacia Socratis (Tusc. 1. 29. 71)
- contumacia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers