contumacia

See also: contumácia

Italian

Noun

contumacia f (plural contumacie)

  1. (law) default

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From contumāx (“stubborn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

contumācia f (genitive contumāciae); first declension

  1. arrogance, inflexibility, contumacy, stubbornness
  2. obstinate refusal to appear in court

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contumācia contumāciae
Genitive contumāciae contumāciārum
Dative contumāciae contumāciīs
Accusative contumāciam contumāciās
Ablative contumāciā contumāciīs
Vocative contumācia contumāciae

Descendants

References
  • contumacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contumacia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contumacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • contumacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the frank but defiant demeanour of Socrates (before his judges): libera contumacia Socratis (Tusc. 1. 29. 71)
  • contumacia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Noun

contumacia f (plural contumacias)

  1. contumacy, obstinacy
  2. contempt of court
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