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contemptrix

contemptrix, she who disregards, a despiser

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.

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