insolent Copy link Outline 1. contŭmax (offensively haughty)2. insŏlens, ntis3. sŭperbus • insolent: 1. contŭmax (offensively haughty): i., arrogant, careless, c., arrogans, securus, Quint. 6, 1., 14: i. towards any one, c. in aliquem, Cic. Att. 15, 15: overbearing and i. towards the commons, violentus atque c. adversus plebem, Suet. Tib. 2 (de Claudia gente). Join: contumax, inhumanus, superbus, Cic. Verr. 2, 78, ad fin. 2. insŏlens, ntis: v. overbearing. 3. sŭperbus: v. haughty. To become i., insolescere, Sall. Cat. 6, extr.