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contemptio

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Latin

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Etymology

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contemnō (I scorn, despise) +‎ -tiō

Noun

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contemptiō f (genitive contemptiōnis); third declension

  1. contempt, scorn, disdain

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative contemptiō contemptiōnēs
genitive contemptiōnis contemptiōnum
dative contemptiōnī contemptiōnibus
accusative contemptiōnem contemptiōnēs
ablative contemptiōne contemptiōnibus
vocative contemptiō contemptiōnēs

References

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  • contemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contemptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contemptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.