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contumax
contumax
Latin
Adjective
contumāx m, f, n (genitive contumācis); third declension
- insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked
- (law) who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons
- (of inanimate objects) unyielding, providing opposition
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | ||
| genitive | contumācis | contumācium | |||
| dative | contumācī | contumācibus | |||
| accusative | contumācem | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | |
| ablative | contumācī | contumācibus | |||
| vocative | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: contumacious, contumacy, contumely
- Italian: contumace
- Portuguese: contumaz
- Spanish: contumaz
References
- contumax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contumax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CONTUMAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contumax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ contumax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press