contemptus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɛmp.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtɛmp.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of contemnō (“to despise”). ==== Participle ==== contemptus (feminine contempta, neuter contemptum); first/second-declension participle scorned, having been scorned disparaged, having been disparaged humbled, having been humbled ==== Adjective ==== contemptus (feminine contempta, neuter contemptum, comparative contemptior, superlative contemptissimus, adverb contemptim); first/second-declension adjective despised, despicable contemptible, vile valued little, disregarded Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium. A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From contemnō + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== contemptus m (genitive contemptūs); fourth declension a despising, contempting; contempt, scorn a being despised, contempted ignominy ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === References === “contemptus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contemptus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contemptus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contemptus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contemptus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.