contemptus (-temt-) (1) adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of contemno, despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject : homo: vita: iure viderer, S.: res, H.: vox contemptior: contemptissimorum consulum levitas: per sordem exercitui, Ta.
contemptus (-temt-), a, um, Part. and P. a., from contemno. ...
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