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{
"etymology_text": "From contemnō (“I despise”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"superlative"
]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "contemptus",
"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contempte",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
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},
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"name": "la-adj"
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{
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{
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}
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],
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"english": "A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.",
"roman": "Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.",
"text": "Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI"
}
],
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},
{
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}
],
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}
{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "contemptūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "contemptuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptuī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
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]
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{
"form": "contemptibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
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"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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],
"etymology_text": "From contemnō (“I despise”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
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"neuter"
]
},
{
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]
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{
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{
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"nominative",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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{
"form": "contemptae",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
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{
"form": "contemptī",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
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"plural"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
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{
"form": "contemptō",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
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{
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"feminine",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "contemptam",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
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{
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"neuter",
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
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{
"form": "contemptās",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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{
"form": "contemptā",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptō",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
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{
"form": "contempte",
"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contempta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
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},
{
"form": "contemptī",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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{
"form": "contemptae",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
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"name": "la-adj"
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{
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"english": "A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.",
"roman": "Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.",
"text": "Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI"
}
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"etymology_text": "From contemnō (“I despise”).",
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"singular"
]
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"genitive",
"plural"
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{
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"dative",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptūs",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "contemptū",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "contemptus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"vocative"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"ignominy"
],
"links": [
[
"ignominy",
"ignominy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kɔnˈtɛmp.tʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kon̪ˈt̪ɛmp.t̪us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "contemptus"
}
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