despicio, despicere, despexi, despectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
look down on/over; relax attention; disdain, despise; express contempt for;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | despicio | despicimus |
| 2 | despicis | despicitis |
| 3 | despicit | despiciunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | despicere |
| active | perfect | despexisse |
| passive | present | despici |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | despice, despic | despicite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | despicito | despicitote |
| 3 | despicito | despicunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | despicere | despicimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | despicitor | — |
| 3 | despicitor | despicuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | despectus | despecti |
| Gen. | despecti | despectorum |
| Dat. | despecto | — |
| Acc. | despectum | despectos |
| Voc. | despecte | despecti |
| Abl. | despecto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | despecta | despectae |
| Gen. | despectae | despectarum |
| Dat. | despectae | — |
| Acc. | despectam | despectas |
| Voc. | despecta | despectae |
| Abl. | despecta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | despectum | despecta |
| Gen. | despecti | despectorum |
| Dat. | despecto | — |
| Acc. | despectum | despecta |
| Voc. | despectum | despecta |
| Abl. | despecto | — |
Supines
accusative: despectum; ablative: despectu
Examples
- M
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...homini reverso. ita nunc ego contemno matrem, ego despicio caecitatis obsequia, homo qui omnium calamitatium mearum ambitum..." - G
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...dentato fecisses cani,poenas dedisses." Illa contra pessima:"Despicio inermes, eadem cedo fortibus;scio quem lacessam, cui dolosa..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...antiquos, non tamen — ut quidam — temporum nostrorum ingenia despicio. Neque enim quasi lassa et effeta natura nihil..."