10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTEMPTOR»
Discover the use of
contemptor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contemptor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
The War with God: Theomachy in Roman Imperial Poetry
Statius describes Capaneus with a richly intertextual epithet, superum
contemptor (Theb. 3.602), which, as many critics have noted, recalls Vergil's
description of the Etruscan tyrant Mezentius (contemptor diuum, Aen. 7.648,
contemptor deum ...
70-1 idem auri facilis contemptor et optimus idem | promere diuitias: framing of
the line with idem emphasises the pun on Melior's name. The syntax now shifts to
descriptive nom. nouns and adjectives. St. gives a positive nuance to the often ...
Publius Papinius Statius, Carole E. Newlands, 2011
3
Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver ...
For Mezenrius as 3 contemptor diuam cf. .40i. 7. 648. 8. 7. On Polyphemus and
Mezcntius see Glenn (i97i); Hardie (i986), 266-7. Cf. also Valerius' Cyzicus.
another con. teinptor tliutun with whom Luthje (i97i: i42-3, i45-6, i49, i5i-2)
contrasts ...
55o. voco: for the shortening of the o see 437 n. superum contemptor: repeated
from 3. 6o2 and recalling Virgil's phrase 'contemptor divum' (of Mezentius, A. 7.
648, 8. 7). Note, however, that Capaneus, much more self-consciously impious, ...
Publius Papinius Statius, Michael J. Dewar, 1991
5
Octavia: A Play Attributed to Seneca
For the characterization of the evil man as a hater of human and divine law cf. Cic
. Phil. 2.64 dis hominibusque hostis; Liv. 3.57.2 deorum hominumque contemptor
(of Appius Claudius); Verg. Aen. 7.648 contemptor diuom; ibid. 8.7; Stat. Theb.
This is the only meaning of contemptor, and to interpret it infidel, or unbelieoer in
the existence of the gods, is either to mistake the meaning of the Latin word
contemptor, or knowingly to pervert the meaning, for a religious purpose, viz., in
order ...
James Henry, John Fetcher Davies, 2013
7
Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical ...
... a convicted forger who is about to seize command of the troops in Pannonia
who have declared for Vespasian.4" Hence it becomes likely that phrases such
as opum contemptor (25.4.7) and expediti coiisilii (3 1 .5.7) are unconscious
echoes ...
Timothy David Barnes, 1998
2555 H. Contemptor unus o senectutis meae, O uinculorum causa. Quo tandem
meo Scelere, rotasti perfidae pugnum manus Et has ferire non refugisti genas?
Adeone minimi cana censetur tibi 2560 Senecta pretii? Verticis canos mei Nullo ...
9
Novo dicionário da língua portuguesa
*Contempto*, m. Desprêzo. (Lat. contemptus) * *Contemptor*, adj. Desprezador:
«algo contemptor dos homens.» MachadoAssis,B. Cubas. *Contenção*,^1 f.Acto
de contender. Esfôrço. (Lat. contentio) * *Contenção*,^2 f. Bras. Acto de conter.
Cândido de Figueiredo, 1937
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P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Omnia Ex Editione Heyniana: Cum ...
Porro hunc locuml qui expressus e catalogo navium l-lomericop defendit contra
Macrob. Poutanus etiam in Autonio. faubmanm . su Primus init bellumj Mon
mirum si sacrilegus et contemptor bivum contra piam gentem prior arma
susceperit. lit ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTEMPTOR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
contemptor is used in the context of the following news items.
Court can make IGP arrest convert, return child in custody case, says …
A three-man bench led by Datuk Balia Yusof Wahi yesterday said the court would not hear a contemptor who has shown disrepect to court orders. Lawyer M. «The Malaysian Insider, Sep 14»
Muslim convert loses bid to avoid jail for keeping child from Hindu …
“It is trite law that a contemptor shouldn't be heard until he purges his contempt,” said Balia, who chaired the three-man panel. Citing the legal principle that the ... «The Malay Mail Online, Sep 14»
