presumptuous Copy link Outline 1. contŭmax (insolent, unyielding)2. arrŏgans (taking too much on oneself, assuming)3. audax, tĕmĕrārius • presumptuous: 1. contŭmax (insolent, unyielding): p. and ill-advised language, voces c. et inconsultae, Tac. A. 4, 60. Join: contumax, arrogans, securus, Quint. 6, 1, 14. 2. arrŏgans (taking too much on oneself, assuming): Cic.: Caes.: v. arrogant. 3. audax, tĕmĕrārius: v. rash, reckless. (Non sum tam temerarius nec audax, Mart. 4, 43, 2.) Or by circuml.: that would be p. on my part, *hoc esset nimium mihi sumere atque arrogare: a p. confidence, nimia sui (rerum suarum) fiducia, cf. Nep. Pel. 3, init.: v. presumption.