contumelia

See also: contumèlia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin contumēlia (“contumely, insult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.tuˈmɛ.lja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧mè‧lia

Noun

contumelia f (plural contumelie)

1. contumely, insult

Latin

Etymology

Related to contumāx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tuˈmeː.li.a/, [kɔn̪t̪ʊˈmeːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tuˈme.li.a/, [kon̪t̪uˈmɛːliä]

Noun

contumēlia f (genitive contumēliae); first declension

1. insult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment

   Synonyms: maledictum, probrum

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.11.2:

     ubi fuerit superbia, ibi erit et contumēlia: ubi autem humilitās, ibi et sapientia

     Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

   • Lorenzo Valla, Discourse on the Forgery of the Alleged Donation of Constantine :

     Quae nova ista contumelia est in Quirites, de quibus optimi poetae elogium est:

     What new insult is this to the Quirites of whom the great poet sings: (Coleman trans., 1922 CE)

2. affront, invective.
3. humiliation, injury; assault, violence.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contumēlia	contumēliae
genitive	contumēliae	contumēliārum
dative	contumēliae	contumēliīs
accusative	contumēliam	contumēliās
ablative	contumēliā	contumēliīs
vocative	contumēlia	contumēliae

Derived terms

• contumēliō
• contumēliōsus

Related terms

• contumēliōsē

Descendants

• Asturian: contumenia
• Catalan: contumèlia
• → Old French: contumelie
  • English: contumely
  • French: contumélie
• Galician: contumelia
• Italian: contumelia
• Occitan: contumelia
• Portuguese: contumélia
• Spanish: contumelia

References

• “contumelia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contumelia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contumelia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to insult some one: contumelia aliquem afficere
    
  • insulting expressions: verborum contumeliae
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contumēlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontuˈmelja/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈme.lja]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: con‧tu‧me‧lia

Noun

contumelia f (plural contumelias)

1. offense, affront, injury

   Synonyms: ofensa, injuria

Further reading

• “contumelia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28