contemptus
Latin
Etymology
From contemnō (“I despise”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtemp.tus/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛmpt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtemp.tus/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛmpt̪us]
Adjective
contemptus (feminine contempta, neuter contemptum, superlative contemptissimus, adverb contemptim); first/second-declension adjective
- despised, despicable
- contemptible, vile
- Valued little, disregarded
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI
- Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.
- A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.
- Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | contemptus | contempta | contemptum | contemptī | contemptae | contempta | |
Genitive | contemptī | contemptae | contemptī | contemptōrum | contemptārum | contemptōrum | |
Dative | contemptō | contemptō | contemptīs | ||||
Accusative | contemptum | contemptam | contemptum | contemptōs | contemptās | contempta | |
Ablative | contemptō | contemptā | contemptō | contemptīs | |||
Vocative | contempte | contempta | contemptum | contemptī | contemptae | contempta |
Noun
contemptus m (genitive contemptūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | contemptus | contemptūs |
Genitive | contemptūs | contemptuum |
Dative | contemptuī | contemptibus |
Accusative | contemptum | contemptūs |
Ablative | contemptū | contemptibus |
Vocative | contemptus | contemptūs |
References
- “contemptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contemptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contemptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.