contemptrix

contemptrix (-temt-), īcis, f. [contemptor],

• she who puts small value upon a thing, a despiser, contemner (rare; not in Cic.): mea, * Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2 (531): superūm propago, * Ov. M. 1, 161.—
• II Of inanimate and abstract subjects: contemptrix frigorum eruca, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 154; 37, 4, 15, § 59: fortitudo contemptrix timendorum est, Sen. Ep. 88, 29: turba periculi, Sil. 17, 411.

contemptrīx, īcis, f. (Femin. zu contemptor), die Geringschätzerin, u. nur in diesem Sinne = die Verächterin, a) v. leb. Wesen: illa c. mea, Plaut.: c. propago superûm, Ov.: turba c. pericli, Sil.: eruca frigorum c., Plin. – b) v. Lebl.: ferri ignisque c. vis adamantis, Plin. – c) v. Abstr., fortitudo c. timendorum est, Sen. ep. 88, 29.

contemptrix , despiser (f); b (fig.). [Cristina] fanaticae superstitionis ~ix et supernorum decretorum cultrix Aldh. VirgP 47.  b flamme contemptrix ebenus Neckam DS VIII 65.

contemptrīx, (14) īcis, f. (contemptor), celle qui méprise : contemptrix mea Pl. Bacch. 531, celle qui me dédaigne ; Ov. M. 1, 161 ; Sen. Ep. 88, 29.

contemptrix , icis. f. et, v. contemptus
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contemptrīx (-temt-) īcis, f

• contemptor, she who disregards, a despiser: superūm, O.