contemnam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contemno, contemnere, contempsi, contemptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
think little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight;; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoid;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...contemnor. SIM. Quippe ego te ni contemnam, stratioticus homo qui cluear? PS. Iam hoc volo quod occeptumst..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...hanc mihi praesta curam, ut voluptatem, ut gloriam contemnam. Postea docebis inplicta solvere, ambigua distinguere, obscura perspicere: nunc..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...corpus. Ego diuitias et praesentis et absentis aeque contemnam, nec si aliubi iacebunt tristior, nec si circa..."