aspernantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aspernor, aspernari, aspernatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despise, scorn, disdain; spurn, push away, repel, reject; refuse, decline;
pl. pres. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...inquam, nugas, quibus aurem aduertere totam non aspernantur proceres urbisque forique quas et perpetui dignantur scrinia Sili..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Aponius, cum loqui coeptaret; fremitu et clamore ceteros aspernantur. uni Antonio apertae militum aures; namque et facundia aderat..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Vidimus sub divo Vespasiano Veledam..."