inter abruptam contumaciam et deforme

1) упорство, упрямство, строптивость, непокорность (c. et arrogantia C; contumaciam pecorum vincere Sen)

2) непреклонность (c. libera, sc. Socratis C)

3) неявка в суд по вызову ( per contumaciam abesse CJ)

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.