insult (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. contŭmēlia2. indignĭtas3. probrum (esp. offensive language)4. ignōmĭnia (the state of one who is disgraced or insulted) • insult (subs.): 1. contŭmēlia: harass with every kind of i., omnibus c. vexare, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 73 to do anything by way of i. (insultingly), aliquid per injuriam facere, Caes. B. C. 1, 9 see foll. art. 2. indignĭtas: v. indignity, outrage. Join: [omnes] indignitates contumeliasque [perferre], Caes. B. G. 2, 14. 3. probrum (esp. offensive language): letters full of every kind of i. towards me, epistolae plenae omnium in me pr., Cic. Att. 11, 9 to assail with all kinds of i. and abuse, pr. omnibus maledictisque vexare, Cic. Fl. 20, 48 so, probra jactare in aliquem, Liv. 29, 9; dicere, Ov. A. A. 3, 49. 4. ignōmĭnia (the state of one who is disgraced or insulted): cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 97, fin., per summam injuriam ignominiamque, i. e. with the utmost aggravation of wrong and insult: but ignominia must not be used to denote an insulting act: v. disgrace, ignominy.