contemptim

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From contemnō (“contemn, disparage”) +‎ -tim (adverbial suffix).

Adverb[edit]

contemptim (comparative contemptius, superlative contemptissimē)

  1. contemptuously, scornfully

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contemptim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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