Latin edit

Etymology edit

contemnō (I scorn, despise) +‎ -tiō

Noun edit

contemptiō f (genitive contemptiōnis); third declension

  1. contempt, scorn, disdain

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contemptiō contemptiōnēs
Genitive contemptiōnis contemptiōnum
Dative contemptiōnī contemptiōnibus
Accusative contemptiōnem contemptiōnēs
Ablative contemptiōne contemptiōnibus
Vocative contemptiō contemptiōnēs

References edit

  • contemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contemptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contemptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette