contemptim

contemptim

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin contemnō
Latin -tim
Latin contemptim

    From contemnō (“contemn, disparage”) + -tim (adverbial suffix).

    Adverb

    contemptim (comparative contemptius, superlative contemptissimē)

    1. contemptuously, scornfully

    References

    • “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “contemptim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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