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.
insult (v.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by contŭmēlia with a verb e. g. contumeliam alicui facere, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 79; imponere, Cic. Verr. 4, 9, 20 (both implying some affronting act)2. sūgillo, 1 (by offensive language and behaviour)3. insulto, 1 (strictly, to exult over • insult (v.): 1. expr. by contŭmēlia with a verb e. g. contumeliam alicui facere, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 79; imponere, Cic. Verr. 4, 9, 20 (both implying some affronting act): c. in aliquem jacere, Cic. Sull. 7, extr., alicui dicere, Pl. Bac. 2, 3, 33 (both referring to language): to be i.'d, c. accipere, Caes. B. G. 7, 10; experiri, Phaedr. 1, 3, 15. 2. sūgillo, 1 (by offensive language and behaviour): they (the candidates) had been i.'d and rejected, sugillatos, repulsos fuisse, Liv. 4, 35, fin.: to i. (any one in his) distress, miserias s., Petr. 128. 3. insulto, 1 (strictly, to exult over: with dat. or in and acc.): to i. (triumph over) any one in his misfortune, alicui ins. in calamitate, Cic. Verr. 5, 50, 132: to i. (behave insolently towards) the commonwealth, ins. in rempublicam, Cic. Mil. 32, 87. Phr.: not to i. any man openly, nulli laedere os, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10. See also to offend, abuse.
INSULT Copy link • INSULT 1. s. contumelia (a wrong done to one’s honor): offensio (a state of mortified feeling; but also the act that causes it): injuria (an insult felt to be a wrong): opprobrium (insult conveyed by reproachful words). To look upon anything as an insult, aliquid in or ad contumeliam accipere; ignominiae loco ferre aliquid; ignominiae or probro habere aliquid. To put an insult upon anybody, contumeliam alicui imponere; aliquem ignominia afficere; ignominiam alicui imponere or injungere: to have an insult put upon one, ignominia affici; contumelia affici. 2. v. contumeliam alicui imponere: aliquem contumelia insequi: contumeliis insectari: maledictis vexare (to insult with insolent words): sugillare (insult scornfully, contemptuously): offendere aliquem (to insult, displease, whether intentionally or not): aliquem ignominia afficere: ignominiam alicui imponere, injungere (of gross insults, causing public disgrace). To be insulted, ignominia or contumelia affici; offendi (to feel insulted). To insult with words, verbis or voce vulnerare, violare: contumeliam alicui dicere: to feel insulted, injuriam sibi factam putare; at anything, aliquid in or ad contumeliam accipere; *aliqua re se laesum or violatum putare.
Insult Copy link Insult, Insultation, contumelia. insultieren, jmd., alci per contumelias insultare (mit Schmähreden). alci superbo ludibrio insultare (mit Hohn).