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

Adjective

contumāx (genitive contumācis, comparative contumācior, adverb contumāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked, defiant
  2. (law) who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons
  3. (of inanimate objects) unyielding, providing opposition

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative contumāx contumācēs contumācia
Genitive contumācis contumācium
Dative contumācī contumācibus
Accusative contumācem contumāx contumācēs contumācia
Ablative contumācī contumācibus
Vocative contumāx contumācēs contumācia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: contumacious
  • → French: contumace
  • → Italian: contumace
  • → Portuguese: contumaz
  • → Sicilian: cuntumaci
  • → 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contumax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. “contumax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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