contŭmēlĭōsus, a, um, adj. [contumelia],
full of abuse, reproachful, insolent, abusive (in good prose): partim te superbum esse dicunt, quod nihil respondeas, partim contumeliosum, quod male respondeas, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: uti beneficio Antonii contumelioso, id. Att. 15, 12, 1: quam contumeliosus in edictis! id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: litterae in aliquem, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9; id. Balb. 9, 24; Sall. J. 65, 2: contumeliosum id militibus, Tac. H. 2, 27: dicta, Sall. J. 20, 5; Liv. 24, 5, 5: edicta, Suet. Ner. 41: et minaci et contumaci epistulă, id. Claud. 35: exactor, Dig. 22, 1, 33 pr.— Comp. : παρεγχείρησις, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: injuria, Dig. 47, 10, 7, § 7.— Sup. : genus acclamationum, Suet. Dom. 23: verbum, Quint. 2, 12, 1; 12, 5, 6.—Adv.: contŭmēlĭōsē , abusively, insolently , etc.: dicere de absentibus, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 1, 17: contumeliose et aspere dicere in adversarios, id. 6, 3, 28 al.— Comp. , Ter. Phorm. 348; Liv. 32, 37, 4; Just. 5, 4, 13.— Sup. , Cic. Vat. 12, 29; Vell. 1, 7, 1.