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|lshtext=<b>con-tŭmax</b>: ācis, adj. from the [[root]] tem, [[whence]] also [[temno]]; cf. [[contemno]], and [[contumelia]],<br /><b>I</b> [[insolent]], [[unyielding]], [[obstinate]], [[stiff]]-necked, [[stubborn]], [[contumacious]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (freq. and in [[good]] [[prose]]): [[quis]] contum acior? [[quis]] inhumanior? [[quis]] superbior? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: [[Sara]] in me [[contumax]], id. Att. 15, 15, 2; cf.: [[adversus]] plebem, Suet. Tib. 2; and: [[populus]] regibus suis, Sen. Thyest. 644: [[reus]] ([[together]] [[with]] [[arrogans]], [[securus]]), Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. [[animus]] ([[with]] [[arrogantia]] oris), Tac. A. 5, 3: contumaces et mconsultae voces, id. ib. 4, 60: [[preces]], id. ib. 2, 57: [[voltus]], Curt. 4, 6, 24: [[epistula]], Suet. Claud. 35: filii, Cod. Th. 8, 14, 1.—Rarely in a [[good]] [[sense]], [[unyielding]], [[firm]], [[steadfast]]: [[contumax]] [[etiam]] [[adversus]] tormenta servorum [[fides]], Tac. H. 1, 3 (cf. [[contumacia]]).—Poet.: Hispanis ego [[contumax]] capillis, Mart. 10, 65.—Comp.,<br /> v. [[supra]].—Sup.: Fortuna contumacissimum quemque aggreditur, Sen. Prov. 3, 4; id. Ep. 83, 21.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp., jurid. t. t., [[that]] refuses to [[appear]] in a [[court]] of [[justice]] in [[obedience]] to a [[lawful]] [[summons]]: [[contumax]] est, qui ... litteris evocatus, praesentiam, sui facere contemnet, Dig. 42, 1, 53, § 1 sqq.; cf. [[contumacia]], I. B.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of animals: boves, Col. 6, 2, 10: [[gallina]] ad concubitum, id. 8, 2, 8.—Of [[inanimate]] things, not [[yielding]], furnishing [[opposition]]: [[lima]], Phaedr. 4, 7, 5: [[cardamum]] frianti, Plin. 12, 13, 29, § 50: [[syllaba]], not [[fitting]] [[into]] [[measure]], Mart. 9, 12.—Hence, adv.: contŭmācĭter, [[obstinately]], [[stubbornly]], etc.: [[contumaciter]], [[arroganter]], ἀκοινωνήτως solet ad me scribere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7: [[contumaciter]] urbaneque vexatum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: omnia agere, Liv. 2, 58, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 11 et saep.—Comp., Nep. Cim. 2, 5.—In a [[good]] [[sense]] (cf. [[contumax]] and [[contumacia]]), [[firmly]], Sen. Ep. 13, 2; Quint. 6, prooem. § 15.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., of [[inanimate]] things: lapides scalpturae resistunt, Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117. | |lshtext=<b>con-tŭmax</b>: ācis, adj. from the [[root]] tem, [[whence]] also [[temno]]; cf. [[contemno]], and [[contumelia]],<br /><b>I</b> [[insolent]], [[unyielding]], [[obstinate]], [[stiff]]-necked, [[stubborn]], [[contumacious]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (freq. and in [[good]] [[prose]]): [[quis]] contum acior? [[quis]] inhumanior? [[quis]] superbior? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: [[Sara]] in me [[contumax]], id. Att. 15, 15, 2; cf.: [[adversus]] plebem, Suet. Tib. 2; and: [[populus]] regibus suis, Sen. Thyest. 644: [[reus]] ([[together]] [[with]] [[arrogans]], [[securus]]), Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. [[animus]] ([[with]] [[arrogantia]] oris), Tac. A. 5, 3: contumaces et mconsultae voces, id. ib. 4, 60: [[preces]], id. ib. 2, 57: [[voltus]], Curt. 4, 6, 24: [[epistula]], Suet. Claud. 35: filii, Cod. Th. 8, 14, 1.—Rarely in a [[good]] [[sense]], [[unyielding]], [[firm]], [[steadfast]]: [[contumax]] [[etiam]] [[adversus]] tormenta servorum [[fides]], Tac. H. 1, 3 (cf. [[contumacia]]).—Poet.: Hispanis ego [[contumax]] capillis, Mart. 10, 65.—Comp.,<br /> v. [[supra]].—Sup.: Fortuna contumacissimum quemque aggreditur, Sen. Prov. 3, 4; id. Ep. 83, 21.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp., jurid. t. t., [[that]] refuses to [[appear]] in a [[court]] of [[justice]] in [[obedience]] to a [[lawful]] [[summons]]: [[contumax]] est, qui ... litteris evocatus, praesentiam, sui facere contemnet, Dig. 42, 1, 53, § 1 sqq.; cf. [[contumacia]], I. B.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of animals: boves, Col. 6, 2, 10: [[gallina]] ad concubitum, id. 8, 2, 8.—Of [[inanimate]] things, not [[yielding]], furnishing [[opposition]]: [[lima]], Phaedr. 4, 7, 5: [[cardamum]] frianti, Plin. 12, 13, 29, § 50: [[syllaba]], not [[fitting]] [[into]] [[measure]], Mart. 9, 12.—Hence, adv.: contŭmācĭter, [[obstinately]], [[stubbornly]], etc.: [[contumaciter]], [[arroganter]], ἀκοινωνήτως solet ad me scribere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7: [[contumaciter]] urbaneque vexatum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: omnia agere, Liv. 2, 58, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 11 et saep.—Comp., Nep. Cim. 2, 5.—In a [[good]] [[sense]] (cf. [[contumax]] and [[contumacia]]), [[firmly]], Sen. Ep. 13, 2; Quint. 6, prooem. § 15.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., of [[inanimate]] things: lapides scalpturae resistunt, Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117. | ||
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|gf=<b>contŭmāx</b>,¹¹ ācis,<br /><b>1</b> opiniâtre, obstiné, fier [surt. en mauv. part] : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192 ; Suet. Tib. 2, 4 || [en b. part.] constant, [[ferme]], qui tient bon : Tac. H. 1, 3 || [jurispr.] [[contumax]] : Dig. 42, 1, 53<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] rétif : Col. Rust. 6, 2, 10 || récalcitrant, rebelle [en parl. des choses] : Plin. 12, 50 ; Mart. 9, 11, 12 || -cior Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192 ; -issimus Sen. Ep. 83, 21. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-tŭmax: ācis, adj. from the root tem, whence also temno; cf. contemno, and contumelia,
I insolent, unyielding, obstinate, stiff-necked, stubborn, contumacious.
I Prop.
A In gen. (freq. and in good prose): quis contum acior? quis inhumanior? quis superbior? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: Sara in me contumax, id. Att. 15, 15, 2; cf.: adversus plebem, Suet. Tib. 2; and: populus regibus suis, Sen. Thyest. 644: reus (together with arrogans, securus), Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. animus (with arrogantia oris), Tac. A. 5, 3: contumaces et mconsultae voces, id. ib. 4, 60: preces, id. ib. 2, 57: voltus, Curt. 4, 6, 24: epistula, Suet. Claud. 35: filii, Cod. Th. 8, 14, 1.—Rarely in a good sense, unyielding, firm, steadfast: contumax etiam adversus tormenta servorum fides, Tac. H. 1, 3 (cf. contumacia).—Poet.: Hispanis ego contumax capillis, Mart. 10, 65.—Comp.,
v. supra.—Sup.: Fortuna contumacissimum quemque aggreditur, Sen. Prov. 3, 4; id. Ep. 83, 21.—
B Esp., jurid. t. t., that refuses to appear in a court of justice in obedience to a lawful summons: contumax est, qui ... litteris evocatus, praesentiam, sui facere contemnet, Dig. 42, 1, 53, § 1 sqq.; cf. contumacia, I. B.—
II Transf., of animals: boves, Col. 6, 2, 10: gallina ad concubitum, id. 8, 2, 8.—Of inanimate things, not yielding, furnishing opposition: lima, Phaedr. 4, 7, 5: cardamum frianti, Plin. 12, 13, 29, § 50: syllaba, not fitting into measure, Mart. 9, 12.—Hence, adv.: contŭmācĭter, obstinately, stubbornly, etc.: contumaciter, arroganter, ἀκοινωνήτως solet ad me scribere, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7: contumaciter urbaneque vexatum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: omnia agere, Liv. 2, 58, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 11 et saep.—Comp., Nep. Cim. 2, 5.—In a good sense (cf. contumax and contumacia), firmly, Sen. Ep. 13, 2; Quint. 6, prooem. § 15.—
b Transf., of inanimate things: lapides scalpturae resistunt, Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contŭmāx,¹¹ ācis,
1 opiniâtre, obstiné, fier [surt. en mauv. part] : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192 ; Suet. Tib. 2, 4
