contemnamus
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Haec conservat artifex fragilitatem materiae vi sua vincens. Contemnamus omnia quae adeo pretiosa non sunt ut an sint..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...cuiquam, non periculo simus; detrimenta iniurias, conuicia uellicationes contemnamus et magno animo breuia feramus incommoda: dum respicimus, quod..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...traditis praecipitisque quodam modo ut nostram stabilem conscientiam contemnamus, aliorum errantem opinionem aucupemur. [72] Quae dici eadem..."