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..."- P
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..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Vidimus sub divo Vespasiano Veledam..."