insolence Copy link Outline 1. contŭmācia (offensive haughtiness)2. insŏlentia (overbearing behaviour; esp. as resulting from success3. audācia (daring, effrontery)4. sŭperbia, arrŏgantia5. impŭdentia • insolence: 1. contŭmācia (offensive haughtiness): i. and presumption, c., arrogantia, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: i. expressed in the features, c. in vultu, Liv. 2, 61, med.: blunt i., abrupta c. (opp. to deforme obsequium), Tac. A. 4, 20. Join: insolentia, contumacia, superbia; contumacia et ferocitas, Cic. 2. insŏlentia (overbearing behaviour; esp. as resulting from success: cf. Sall. Jug. 40, extr., plebem ex secundis rebus ins. ceperat): Join: insolentia, superbia, contumacia, Cic. Verr. 4., 41, 89; crudelitas et insolentia, Caes. B. C. 1, 32. 3. audācia (daring, effrontery): Join: impudentia atque audacia, Cic. Fl. 15, 35. 4. sŭperbia, arrŏgantia: v. arrogance, haughtiness, presumption. 5. impŭdentia: v. impudence.