What is the Latin word for contemptuously?

The usual Latin words for “contemptuously” are contemptim, Propertius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“contemptuously” in Latin

contemptimcontemptuously, scornfully PropertiusA Roman family name — famously held by

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

contemptuously

contemptim: to speak contemptuously of anybody, contemptim loqui de aliquo: to look down contemptuously upon anybody or anything, despicere aliquem or aliquid, or despicatui habere, or despicatum habere: he passed by the bones of the dead contemptuously, transibat contemnens ossa (Propertius, 3, 1, quite at the end): to think contemptuously of anybody, male de aliquo opinari (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Oct., 51): to treat anybody contemptuously, *aliquem contemptim tractare: aliquem contemnere (or despicere) et pro nihilo ducere: despicere et pro nihilo putare.

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What is the Latin word for contemptuously?: The usual Latin words for “contemptuously” are contemptim, Propertius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.