contemptibilis

Latin

Etymology

From contemnō (“I scorn, despise”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tempˈti.bi.lis/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmpˈt̪ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tempˈti.bi.lis/, [kon̪t̪empˈt̪iːbilis]

Adjective

contemptibilis (neuter contemptibile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

1. contemptible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	contemptibilis	contemptibile		contemptibilēs	contemptibilia
Genitive	contemptibilis			contemptibilium
Dative	contemptibilī			contemptibilibus
Accusative	contemptibilem	contemptibile		contemptibilēs contemptibilīs	contemptibilia
Ablative	contemptibilī			contemptibilibus
Vocative	contemptibilis	contemptibile		contemptibilēs	contemptibilia

Derived terms

• contemptibilitās

Related terms

• contemnificus
• contemnō
• contemptē
• contemptim
• contemptiō
• contemptor
• contemptrīx
• contemptus

Descendants

• → English: contemptible

References

• “contemptibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contemptibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.