contumax
Latin
FWOTD – 25 October 2013
Etymology
Derived from contemnō (“I scorn, despise”) + -āx (“inclined to”),[1] or from con- + tumēre (“to swell”) + -āx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.tu.maːks/, [ˈkɔn.tʊ.maːks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.tu.maks/
Adjective
contumāx (genitive contumācis); third declension
- insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked
- (law) who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons
- (of inanimate objects) unyielding, providing opposition
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contumāx | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | |
| Genitive | contumācis | contumācis | contumācium | contumācium | |
| Dative | contumācī | contumācī | contumācibus | contumācibus | |
| Accusative | contumācem | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | |
| Ablative | contumācī | contumācī | contumācibus | contumācibus | |
| Vocative | contumāx | contumāx | contumācēs | contumācia | |
Derived terms
- contumācia
- contumāciter
- percontumāx
Related terms
Descendants
- English: contumacious contumely
- Italian: contumace
- Portuguese: contumaz
- Spanish: contumaz
References
- contumax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contumax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contumax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- contumax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- contumax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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