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contemptim (-temt- ), adv. contemno,
I.contemptuously, with contempt, scornfully (a favorite word of Livy; elsewhere rare): superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1; “imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34: “magnifice de se ac contemptim de Romanis loquentes,” Liv. 9, 41, 9: “superbe quaedam et contemptim in se contionantem,” id. 37, 10, 2; 2, 35, 3; 2, 56, 12: “morte consulis succedentes ad castra Romana,” id. 7, 7, 2; 6, 38, 8 Drak.: a Dioxippo contemptim militarem eludente ferociam, * Curt. 9, 7, 19; Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.; 3, 58 fin.: “vagabantur barbari,” id. ib. 3, 47 Orell. N. cr.—
II. Poet., transf. of an inanimate subject: e summo, quasi fulmen, deicit ictos Invidia contemptim in Tartara, * Lucr. 5, 1126.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 3.1
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.9
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1126
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 10.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 35.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 56.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 38.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 7
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.7.19
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