insultatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

insultātĭo, ōnis, f.

I Lit., a springing or leaping over or on , Sol. 52, 20.—

II Trop., insolent behavior towards any one, a scoffing , reviling , insulting , Quint. 8, 5, 11: nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius, Flor. 4, 12, 36.