Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "contumace"?

Accepted Answer

First person singular of the indicative present of the verb contumacer.
Third person singular of the indicative present of the verb contumacer.
First person singular of the subjunctive present of the verb contumacer.
Third person singular of the subjunctive present of the verb contumacer.
Second person singular of the imperative present of the verb contumacer.

Question 2

Where does the French word "contumace" come from?

Accepted Answer

from Latin contumacia (« pride, haughtiness, arrogance, self-importance, pride »  « stubborn resistance, obstinacy, spirit of rebellion »  « contumacy, state of a person who has evaded justice ») related to contumax (« proud, arrogant, haughty, superb, proud ») and formed on the prefix con- and tumere (« to be swollen, to be inflated »), root from which « tumor, tumefy, tumescence, tumulus », etc. are derived.

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