contemptrix
πάλαι ποτ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι → the Milesians were mighty once
Latin > English
contemptrix contemptricis N F :: despiser; she who looks down on/scorns; who disregards/pays no heed (to life)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contemptrix: (-temt-), īcis, f. contemptor,
I she who puts small value upon a thing, a despiser, contemner (rare; not in Cic.): mea, * Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2: superūm propago, * Ov. M. 1, 161.—
II Of inanimate and abstract subjects: contemptrix frigorum eruca, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 154; 37, 4, 15, § 59: fortitudo contemptrix timendorum est, Sen. Ep. 88, 29: turba periculi, Sil. 17, 411.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contemptrīx,¹⁴ īcis, f. (contemptor), celle qui méprise : contemptrix mea Pl. Bacch. 531, celle qui me dédaigne ; Ov. M. 1, 161 ; Sen. Ep. 88, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
contemptrīx, īcis, f. (Femin. zu contemptor), die Geringschätzerin, u. nur in diesem Sinne = die Verächterin, a) v. leb. Wesen: illa c. mea, Plaut.: c. propago superûm, Ov.: turba c. pericli, Sil.: eruca frigorum c., Plin. – b) v. Lebl.: ferri ignisque c. vis adamantis, Plin. – c) v. Abstr., fortitudo c. timendorum est, Sen. ep. 88, 29.
