con - temnō

а) презирать, пренебрегать, тж. относиться равнодушно, не обращать внимания (c. consilium alicujus Ter; mortem C, Sen или mori Sen; res humanas C)

б) без труда одолевать ( junctis viribus molestum contempsisse Pt)

con-temno, tempsī, temptum, ere (in Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. auch contempno geschr., s. Wagner Orthogr. Verg. p. 422. Osann Cic. de rep. 1, 31. p. 75), einen Ggstd. als für uns wertlos od. unbedeutend gleichgültig od. geringschätzig behandeln = nicht beachten, zurücksetzen, hintansetzen, gleichgültig beiseitesetzen oder liegen lassen, etwas gleichgültig hinnehmen, gleichgültig über etw. hinwegsehen od. hinweggehen, sich über etw. hinwegsetzen, sich aus etw. od. jmd. nichts machen, zuw. auch = jmdm. od. einer Sache (einer Gefahr usw.) trotzen, Trotz od. die Stirn bieten (s. Thiel Verg. Aen. 3, 77. Heinrich Iuven. 5, 102), u. nur in diesem Sinne = verachten (Ggstz. cupidissime petere, vehementer expetere; admirari, revereri, suspicere; timere, metuere, pertimescere; auch laudare, efferre, extollere laudibus; oft verb. contemnere et [od. ac ] despicere, despicere contemnereque, despicere et contemnere, contemnere et pro nihilo ducere), I) im allg.: α) m. Acc.: αα) v. Pers., teils lebl. Objj., casus humanos, Cic.: consilium suum, Ter.: dolorem, Sen., u. verb. c. et despicere dolores, Cic.: fortunam, Sen.: Catlinae gladios, Cic.: Antoni gladios, Iuven.: iussa vestra, Sall.: Lycurgi leges, Cic.: metuenda, Cic.: morbum initio, Nep.: mortem, Cic. u. Sen.: pro patria mortem, Cic.: paucitatem eorum, Liv.: paucitatem hostis, Curt.: pauperta-

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tem, Sen.: tantam pecuniam, Val. Max.: religiones (Ggstz. timere religiones), Cic.: verba, Sall.: vitam, Mart. u. Val. Max.: voluptatem c. et reicere, Cic. – teils leb. Wesen, hanc familiam, Anton. in Cic. ep.: multitudinem, plebem, Liv.: Othonem, Hor.: omnia audentem c. (Ggstz. nihil temere agentem metuere), Liv.: istos omnes deridere atque c., qui etc., Cic.: non omnes eos contemnunt, de quibus male existimant, Cic.: im Passiv, contemni se (sich zurückgesetzt) putant, despici, illudi (von den Greisen), Cic.: contemnēre (d.i. contemneris), miser, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 14. – m. Ang. wie? durch Advv. od. durch Abl., praeclare res humanas, Cic.: mortem tantopere, ut etc., Cic.: non usque eo rem publicam despicere atque c., ut etc., Cic.: c. magno animo iacturam, Curt. – c. sic nostros, ut etc., Caes.: alqm valde c., Cic.: deos tantopere, ut etc., Suet. – m. in (an, bei) u. Abl., paucitatem in hoste, Curt. 3, 3 (8), 28. – m. Abl. (mit, durch), nullas aras fletibus suis, für seine Tränen zu gering halten, Prop. 1, 4, 23: nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur, werden durch keinen Zins erniedrigt, Tac. Germ. 29, 2. – m. ex (infolge) u. Abl., reliqua ex collatione (im Vergleich [mit der Tugend]) facile est conterere atque contemnere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 85: ebenso m. bl. Abl. (infolge, nach), Isocrates videtur testimonio (nach dem Z.) Platonis aliorum iudicia contemnere debere, Cic. or. 41; so auch Cic. Cat. 2, 5. – mit prae

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(vor = im Vergleich mit) u. Abl., Romam... prae sua Capua irridere atque c., Cic.: hic ego illum contempsi prae me, Ter.: c. cantus Apollineos prae se, Ov. – ββ) von personif. lebl. Subjj.: contemnere ventos assuescant (arbores), Verg.: nondum caeruleas pinus contempserat undas, Tibull. – β) m. folg. Infin.: c. coronari, Hor.: augeri triumpho, Flor.: mori, Sen. poët.: ad illum venire, Spart.: respondere, Apul. – γ) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., ut ipsum vinci contemnerent, sich nichts daraus machten, daß usw., Cic. ep. 15, 15, 2. – δ) absol.: primo contemnere et neglegere coepit, Cic.: iudex contemnat, admiretur, Cic.: tua transibit contemnens (gleichgültig) ossa viator, Prop. – II) insbes.: a) sich verächtlich über etwas äußern, etw. verächtlich machen, verspotten, Adherbalis dicta (Ggstz. Iugurthae virtutem laudibus extollere), Sall. Iug. 15, 2: L. Murenae genus (Ggstz. efferre suum genus), Cic. Mur. 15: non ullam artem doctrinamve, Cic. de or. 1, 79 (vgl. 3, 59): ut quidam memoratur populi contemnere voces sic solitus, Hor. sat. 1, 1, 65: neque enim refutanda tantum, quae ex contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda etc., Quint. 6, 4, 10. – b) c. se, sich gering (bescheiden) anschlagen (Ggstz. sibi satis placere), Plaut. mil. 1236; trin. 323. – gew. se non c., von sich nicht gering denken, sich nicht wegwerfen, Selbstgefühl besitzen, Granius autem non c. se et reges odisse superbos, Lucil. fr.:

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neminem se plebeium contempturum, si contemni desissent, Liv.: tamen senatus ipse se non contemnit, Cic. – c) Partiz. Fut. Pass. contemnendus, a, um, mit Gleichgültigkeit od. Geringschätzung zu behandeln, nicht beachtenswert, der Beachtung unwert, gew. in negativen Sätzen, v. lebl. Subjj., haec sunt levia et potius contemnenda, Nep.: defensiones non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles, Cic.: m. Dat. (wem?), crimen haud c. philosopho, Apul. apol. 7. p. 10, 16 Kr. – v. Pers., Asiaticorum rhetorum principes minime meā sententiā contemnendi, Cic.: manus non c., Suet. – mit Abl. (deutsch = von seiten), copiae neque numero... neque usu rei militaris c., Caes.: Asiatici oratores non c. nec celeritate nec copiā, Cic. – ⇒ PAdi., contemptus, a, um, s. bes.

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

With things as objects:

quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

id. Or. 13, 41:

magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

opp. metuere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

imperium meum,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

tuum consilium,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

mea dona,

Lucr. 1, 48:

murmura ponti,

id. 3, 1045:

praeclare res humanas,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

parva ista,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

laborem bene dicendi,

Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

metum jurisjurandi,

id. 5, 6, 3:

populi voces,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

honores,

id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

cantus Apollineos prae se,

Ov. M. 11, 155:

Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

Juv. 10, 123:

paucitatem in hoste,

Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —

With inf.:

non contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

coronari Olympia,

id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

mori,

Sen. Phoen. 197. —

Absol.:

ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—

In part. fut. pass.:

quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—

Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

Juv. 5, 102.—

With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

contemnere miser,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

sibi satisplacere),

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—

Absol.:

quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—

In part. fut. pass.:

ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

manus,

i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—

Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

comtemptus et abjectus homo,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

contempta ac sordida vita,

id. Planc. 5, 12:

a vili contemptoque,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

res,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

With things as objects:

quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

id. Or. 13, 41:

magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

opp. metuere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

imperium meum,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

tuum consilium,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

mea dona,

Lucr. 1, 48:

murmura ponti,

id. 3, 1045:

praeclare res humanas,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

parva ista,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

laborem bene dicendi,

Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

metum jurisjurandi,

id. 5, 6, 3:

populi voces,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

honores,

id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

cantus Apollineos prae se,

Ov. M. 11, 155:

Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

Juv. 10, 123:

paucitatem in hoste,

Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —

With inf.:

non contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

coronari Olympia,

id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

mori,

Sen. Phoen. 197. —

Absol.:

ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—

In part. fut. pass.:

quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—

Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

Juv. 5, 102.—

With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

contemnere miser,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

sibi satisplacere),

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—

Absol.:

quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—

In part. fut. pass.:

ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

manus,

i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—

Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

comtemptus et abjectus homo,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

contempta ac sordida vita,

id. Planc. 5, 12:

a vili contemptoque,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

res,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

With things as objects:

quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

id. Or. 13, 41:

magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

opp. metuere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

imperium meum,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

tuum consilium,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

mea dona,

Lucr. 1, 48:

murmura ponti,

id. 3, 1045:

praeclare res humanas,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

parva ista,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

laborem bene dicendi,

Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

metum jurisjurandi,

id. 5, 6, 3:

populi voces,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

honores,

id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

cantus Apollineos prae se,

Ov. M. 11, 155:

Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

Juv. 10, 123:

paucitatem in hoste,

Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —

With inf.:

non contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

coronari Olympia,

id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

mori,

Sen. Phoen. 197. —

Absol.:

ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—

In part. fut. pass.:

quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—

Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

Juv. 5, 102.—

With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

contemnere miser,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

sibi satisplacere),

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—

Absol.:

quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—

In part. fut. pass.:

ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

manus,

i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—

Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

comtemptus et abjectus homo,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

contempta ac sordida vita,

id. Planc. 5, 12:

a vili contemptoque,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

res,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

With things as objects:

quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

id. Or. 13, 41:

magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

opp. metuere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

imperium meum,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

tuum consilium,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

mea dona,

Lucr. 1, 48:

murmura ponti,

id. 3, 1045:

praeclare res humanas,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

parva ista,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

laborem bene dicendi,

Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

metum jurisjurandi,

id. 5, 6, 3:

populi voces,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

honores,

id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

cantus Apollineos prae se,

Ov. M. 11, 155:

Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

Juv. 10, 123:

paucitatem in hoste,

Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —

With inf.:

non contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

coronari Olympia,

id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

mori,

Sen. Phoen. 197. —

Absol.:

ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—

In part. fut. pass.:

quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—

Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

Juv. 5, 102.—

With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

contemnere miser,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

sibi satisplacere),

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—

Absol.:

quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—

In part. fut. pass.:

ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

manus,

i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—

Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

comtemptus et abjectus homo,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

contempta ac sordida vita,

id. Planc. 5, 12:

a vili contemptoque,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

res,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

con-tŭmax, ācis, adj. [from the root tem, whence also temno; cf. contemno, and contumelia], insolent, unyielding, obstinate, stiff-necked, stubborn, contumacious.

Prop.

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.—

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.—

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, akoinônêtôs 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.—

Transf., of inanimate things:

lapides scalpturae resistunt,

Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; in comp., id. 19, 7, 35, § 117.

con-tŭmēlĭa (post-class. access. form contŭmĭa, Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; cf.: contumia contumelia, Gloss. Isid.), ae, f. [from a root tem, whence also temno, contemno, and contumax; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 1], abuse, insult, affront, reproach, invective, contumely (cf.: injuria, hubris; very freq. and class. in sing. and plur.):

contumelia a contemptu dicta est, quia nemo nisi quem contempsit, tali injuriā notat,

Sen. Const. 11, 2: patior facile injuriam, si est vacua a contumeliā, Pac. ap. Non. p. 430, 16; cf.

Caecil. ib.: contumeliam alteri facere,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 82; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 79; cf. id. Eun. 5, 2, 26:

contumeliam dicere alicui,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 33; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 29; Liv. 25, 22, 13:

contumeliam si dicis, audies,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77:

jacere in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

meretricum perpeti,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 96:

in se accipere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1; cf.:

tanta contumelia accepta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

alicui imponere,

Sall. C. 48, 9:

quibus tu privatim injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

indignitates contumeliasque perferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14: graves, severe reproaches (opp. libera consilia), Hor. Epod. 11, 26:

aliquid in suam contumeliam vertere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

per contumeliam,

id. ib. 1, 9; Quint. 4, 1, 11:

contumeliā perfugae appellari ab aliquo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28; cf. Liv. 3, 50, 6 et saep.:

in contumeliam ignominiamque nostram certare juvat,

id. 4, 4, 12:

contumeliae verborum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.—In mal. part., violation, Liv. 8, 28, 2; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—The expression facere contumeliam is censured by Cic. (Phil. 3, 9, 22) in the words of Antonius: nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus; but it is not clear on what grounds (whether as an archaism, or because it is used after the analogy of jacturam facere, in the sense of contumelia adfici); v. Quint. 9, 3, 13, and cf. esp. Gronov. Observv. 3, 8, pp. 488-502 (pp. 241-247 Frotsch.).—Personified: Contŭmē-lĭa, like Hubris, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.—

Transf., injury, assault, annoyance, violence, blows, etc. ( = injuria):

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam,

injury, violence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so Phaedr. 1, 2, 21:

praeberi ora contumeliis,

to the blows, Tac. H. 3, 31; 3, 85:

debilitatis suae,

annoyance, hardship, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. injuria.

con-tŭmēlĭa (post-class. access. form contŭmĭa, Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; cf.: contumia contumelia, Gloss. Isid.), ae, f. [from a root tem, whence also temno, contemno, and contumax; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 1], abuse, insult, affront, reproach, invective, contumely (cf.: injuria, hubris; very freq. and class. in sing. and plur.):

contumelia a contemptu dicta est, quia nemo nisi quem contempsit, tali injuriā notat,

Sen. Const. 11, 2: patior facile injuriam, si est vacua a contumeliā, Pac. ap. Non. p. 430, 16; cf.

Caecil. ib.: contumeliam alteri facere,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 82; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 79; cf. id. Eun. 5, 2, 26:

contumeliam dicere alicui,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 33; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 29; Liv. 25, 22, 13:

contumeliam si dicis, audies,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77:

jacere in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

meretricum perpeti,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 96:

in se accipere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1; cf.:

tanta contumelia accepta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

alicui imponere,

Sall. C. 48, 9:

quibus tu privatim injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

indignitates contumeliasque perferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14: graves, severe reproaches (opp. libera consilia), Hor. Epod. 11, 26:

aliquid in suam contumeliam vertere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

per contumeliam,

id. ib. 1, 9; Quint. 4, 1, 11:

contumeliā perfugae appellari ab aliquo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28; cf. Liv. 3, 50, 6 et saep.:

in contumeliam ignominiamque nostram certare juvat,

id. 4, 4, 12:

contumeliae verborum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.—In mal. part., violation, Liv. 8, 28, 2; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—The expression facere contumeliam is censured by Cic. (Phil. 3, 9, 22) in the words of Antonius: nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus; but it is not clear on what grounds (whether as an archaism, or because it is used after the analogy of jacturam facere, in the sense of contumelia adfici); v. Quint. 9, 3, 13, and cf. esp. Gronov. Observv. 3, 8, pp. 488-502 (pp. 241-247 Frotsch.).—Personified: Contŭmē-lĭa, like Hubris, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.—

Transf., injury, assault, annoyance, violence, blows, etc. ( = injuria):

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam,

injury, violence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so Phaedr. 1, 2, 21:

praeberi ora contumeliis,

to the blows, Tac. H. 3, 31; 3, 85:

debilitatis suae,

annoyance, hardship, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. injuria.