contumacia
Latin > English
contumacia contumaciae N F :: stubbornness/obstinacy; proud/defiant behavior; disobedience to judicial order
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contŭmācĭa: ae, f. contumax,
I perseverance in one's purpose or opinion, generally in a bad sense, arrogance, inflexibility, contumacy, obstinacy, stubbornness.
I Prop.
A In gen. (in good prose, and very freq.): illa tua singularis insolentia, superbia, contumacia, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 89; so, contumacia et adrogantia, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: contumacia et ferocitas, Suet. Vit. 2 al.: inter abruptam contumaciam et deforme obsequium pergere iter, Tac. A. 4, 20 fin.: oris oculorumque illa contumacia ac superbia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 5: adversus principem, Tac. H. 4, 3: parendi, Plin. Pan. 18: eadem in vultu, Liv. 2, 61, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 24 fin.: responsi tui, Cic. Pis. 31, 78.— Sometimes in a good sense, firmness, constancy, self-confidence (cf. contumax): Socrates adhibuit liberam contumaciam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; so, maxima innocentiae, Quint. Decl. 2, 5.—
B Esp., jurid. t. t., an obstinate disobedience to a judicial order, an obstinate refusal to appear in court, contumacy, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 57 (65), 2: contumacia eorum, qui jus dicenti non temperant, litis damno coërcetur, Dig. 42, 1, 53 pr.; cf. contumax, I. B.—
II Transf., of animals: contumacia pervicax boum, Col. 6, 2, 11.—Of inanim. things: arborum (with fastidium), obstinacy in growth, Plin. 16, 32, 58, § 134.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contŭmācĭa,¹¹ æ, f. (contumax),
1 opiniâtreté, esprit d’indépendance ; obstination, fierté [en mauv. et bonne part] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 89 ; Liv. 2, 61, 6 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 71 || [jurispr.] contumace : Dig. 42, 1, 53
2 [fig.] entêtement des animaux : Col. Rust. 6, 2, 11 || dispositions rebelles des plantes] : Plin. 16, 134.
Latin > German (Georges)
contumācia, ae, f. (contumax), der edle u. unedle Trotz, die Unbeugsamkeit, die Widerspenstigkeit, Störrigkeit, der Eigensinn (Ggstz. obsequium), a) v. Menschen: α) übh.: insolentia, superbia, contumacia, Cic.: c. et arrogantia, Cic.: c. et ferocitas, Suet.: c. et dedignatio parendi, Plin. pan. 18, 1. – oris oculorumque c. ac superbia, Cic.; vgl. idem habitus oris, eadem c. in vultu (eines Angeklagten), Liv.: c. responsi tui, Cic. – libera c., edler Tr. (des Sokrates, seinen Richtern gegenüber), Cic.: abrupta c. (Radikalismus; Ggstz. deforme obsequium, Servilismus), Tac. – m. Ang. gegen wen?c. adversus principem, Tac. hist. 4, 3. – β) insbes., die Widerspenstigkeit, gegen den Richterspruch oder gegen die Ladung vor Gericht, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 57 (65), 2 u. ICt. – b) der Tiere: pervicax c. (bovis), Col.: contumaciam pecorum vincere (vom Schmerz der Strafe), Sen.: necessitate contumaciam deponit bos, Col.
