contemptus

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From contemnō (“I despise”)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtemp.tus/, [kɔnˈtɛmp.tʊs]

AdjectiveEdit

contemptus (feminine contempta, neuter contemptum); first/second declension

1. despised, despicable
2. contemptible, vile
3. 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.

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

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

NounEdit

contemptus m (genitive contemptūs); fourth declension

1. contempt, scorn
2. ignomy

InflectionEdit

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	contemptus	contemptūs
genitive	contemptūs	contemptuum
dative	contemptuī	contemptibus
accusative	contemptum	contemptūs
ablative	contemptū	contemptibus
vocative	contemptus	contemptūs

ReferencesEdit

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)