contumax

* * *

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.

contŭmācĭa, ae, f. [contumax], perseverance in one's purpose or opinion, generally in a bad sense, arrogance, inflexibility, contumacy, obstinacy, stubbornness.

Prop.

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.—

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.—

Transf., of animals:

contumacia pervicax boum,

Col. 6, 2, 11.—Of inanim. things:

arborum (with fastidium),

obstinacy in growth, Plin. 16, 32, 58, § 134.

* * *

* * *

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.

fastīdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [fastidium], full of disgust or aversion.

Pass., that feels disgust, squeamish, disdainful, scornful, fastidious (class.).

Lit.:

vaccae fastidiosae fiunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15:

aurium sensus fastidiosissimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

quod ille fastidiosus est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 18. —

Trop.:

quamvis fastidiosus aedilis est,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 42:

in superiores contumax, in aequos et pares fastidiosus, in inferiores crudelis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:

ex hac infinita licentia haec summa cogitur, ut ita fastidiosae, mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:

Antonius facilis in causis recipiendis erat, fastidiosior Crassus,

Cic. Brut. 57, 207.— With gen.:

C. Memmius perfectus Iitteris, sed Graecis: fastidiosus sane Latinarum,

id. ib. 70, 247:

dominus terrae Fastidiosus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 37:

aestimator,

i. e. that rates altogether too high, Sen. Ben. 1, 11:

fastidiosissimum mancipium,

i. e. excessively haughty, proud, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

est res difficilis, ardua, fastidiosa,

id. ib. 6, 17, 5.—

Act., that creates disgust, disgusting, loathsome, disagreeable (very rare;

not in Cic.): fastidiosam desere copiam,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 9:

fastidiosā tristis aegrimoniā,

id. Epod. 17, 73. —Hence, fastīdĭōse, adv., squeamishly, scornfully, disdainfully, fastidiously (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. very rare): huic ego jam stomachans fastidiose, Immo ex Sicilia, inquam,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65:

spectare,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:

diligenter et prope fastidiose judicare,

id. ib. 1, 26, 118:

lente ac fastidiose probare,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

recipior in coetum,

Phaedr. 3 prol. 23:

venditare aliquid,

Petr. 13.— Comp.:

fastidiosius ad hoc genus sermonis accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364.

rĕ-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to fight against, oppose; to make resistance, resist, defend one ' s self (class.; syn.: adversor, resisto, renitor).

Lit.:

nostri primo integris viribus fortiter repugnare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4;

so in milit. lang.: repugnantes noctem diemque obsident,

id. ib. 7, 42; id. B. C. 3, 67 fin.; cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91; Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, §§

1 and 3: in repugnando telis obruta est,

Liv. 29, 33; Verg. A. 11, 749:

oppidanis non repugnantibus,

Just. 12, 7, 8.—

Transf., in gen., to resist, make resistance; to oppose, contend against.

Absol.:

catuli pantherarum unguibus ac pedibus morsuque repugnant,

Lucr. 5, 1037; cf.:

de praedā (volucres),

id. 5, 1082:

Catone acerrime repugnante,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; cf. id. Ac. 2, 13, 41:

haec bene dicuntur, nec ego repugno,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

adversante et repugnante naturā,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; so (with adversari) id. ib. 3, 19, 78; id. de Or. 2, 44, 187;

with resistere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 22 fin.:

nec ego repugno: sed inter sese ipsa pugnant,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—

With dat.:

ego omnibus meis opibus... repugnarim et restiterim crudelitati,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

fortunae (with obsistere),

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

fratri tuo (preceded by resistere fratri tuo),

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

his perturbationibus,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

dictis,

Ov. M. 2, 103:

amori,

id. ib. 10, 319:

patronis,

Quint. 6, 1, 38:

historiae cuidam tamquam vanae,

id. 1, 8, 20:

cui in ullā re,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 12; cf.:

tibi in hoc uno,

id. ib. 7, 14, 2:

alicujus voluntati,

id. ib. 8, 6, 10:

precibus,

Sen. Med. 294:

his omnibus rebus unum repugnabat, quod, etc.,

one consideration opposed itself, Caes. B. G. 1, 19.—

Other constructions:

resistere et repugnare contra veritatem non audet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51:

circa quae si is, qui instituetur, non repugnaverit, etc.,

i. e. shows himself not indocile, Quint. 8, prooem. § 5.— Poet., with ne:

si quis, ne fias nostra, repugnat,

Ov. H. 20, 121; Col. 7, 10, 7 (al. ut).—With obj.-clause:

mulier prohibet se concipere atque repugnat,

and opposes it, Lucr. 4, 1269; 1088:

amare repugno Illum, quem fieri vix puto posse meum,

Ov. H. 17, 137; cf. once in pass.:

et a vobis diversitas defendenda est, sicuti et a nobis repugnanda,

to be opposed, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 16 fin. —

In partic.

To oppose with words, advise against, object:

cum id censuisset Cassius, Brutus repugnaverat,

Vell. 2, 58, 2.—

To hinder, be in the way:

sed syllaba contumax repugnas,

Mart. 9, 11, 12:

repugnat invidia furiosa,

Vop. Prob. 22.—

To oppose from natural incongruity, i. e. to disagree with, be contrary to; of several things compared together, to be contradictory, inconsistent, incompatible, repugnant (so mostly only in Cic.):

quidquid antecedit quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario: et quicquid repugnat id ejusmodi est, ut cohaerere numquam possit,

Cic. Top. 12, 53:

simulatio amicitiae repugnat maxime,

id. Lael. 25, 92:

sed haec inter se quam repugnent, plerique non vident,

id. Tusc. 3, 29, 72; so,

inter se,

id. N. D. 1, 12, 30; Quint. 1, 5, 65:

repugnat recte accipere et invitum reddere,

Cic. Top. 4, 21; cf.:

nam illud vehementer repugnat, eundem et beatum esse et multis malis oppressum. Haec quomodo conveniant, non sane intellego,

id. Fin. 5, 26, 77:

sensus moresque repugnant,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 97.— Hence, rĕpugnans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), contrary, opposed, repugnant; comp.: quo quid repugnantius dici possit, non video, Lact. Ira Dei, 9.— As subst.: rĕpugnantĭa, ĭum, n.; in rhet., contradictions (syn. contraria):

locus ex repugnantibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170; id. Top. 4, 19; 12, 53; Quint. 5, 8, 5; 5, 10, 2; 5, 11, 31; 6, 3, 66.— Adv.: rĕpugnanter (acc. to repugno, II. A.), unwillingly, with repugnance (very rare):

aliquid patienter accipere, non repugnanter,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91; Amm. 20, 8, 4.