adverb
contemptim
contemptim (comparative contemptius, superlative contemptissimē)
Meaning
- contemptuously, scornfully
contemptim (-temt-), adv. contemno,
I. contemptuously, with contempt, scornfully (a favorite word of Livy; elsewhere rare): superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1;
imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34: magnifice de se ac contemptim de Romanis loquentes, Liv. 9, 41, 9: superbe quaedam et contemptim in se contionantem, id. 37, 10, 2; 2, 35, 3; 2, 56, 12: morte consulis succedentes ad castra Romana, id. 7, 7, 2; 6, 38, 8 Drak.: a Dioxippo contemptim militarem eludente ferociam, * Curt. 9, 7, 19; Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.; 3, 58 fin.: vagabantur barbari, id. ib. 3, 47 Orell. N. cr.—II. Poet., transf. of an inanimate subject: e summo, quasi fulmen, deicit ictos Invidia contemptim in Tartara, * Lucr. 5, 1126.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
contemptim (-temt-) adv.
contemno, contemptuously, slightingly, scornfully: de Romanis loquentes, L.: audire minas, L.: succedentes ad castra Romana, L.: vagari, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin contemptim From contemnō (“contemn, disparage”) + -tim (adverbial suffix).