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“contumaciousness, contumacy” in Latin
contumāxinsolent, obstinate, stiff-necked, defiant; who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons; unyiepertināxpersevering, obstinate; pertinacious; tenacious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
contumaciousness, contumacy
contumacia (also, in the legal sense, of disobeying an order of the court, etc.): pertinacia [SYN. in OBSTINACY]. To be guilty of contumacy (= i. e., of disobedience to the orders of a court), jus dicenti non obtemperare: to condemn anybody with costs for contumacy, contumaciam ejus, qui jus dicenti non obtemperat, litis damno coercere (Hermog., Dig., 42, 1, 53): to pronounce sentence against anybody, or nonsuit him, for contumacy, *in contumaciae poenam or contumaciae nomine absentem damnare (Bauer).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for contumaciousness, contumacy?
- The usual Latin words for “contumaciousness, contumacy” are contumāx, pertināx. 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.