contemnebant
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Agesilaus
Cornelius Nepos
"...afferebat deformitatem, atque ignoti, faciem eins cum intuerentur, contemnebant; qui autem virtutes noverant, non poterant admirari satis. Quod..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ipsum Vitellium, subitis offensis aut intempestivis blanditiis mutabilem, contemnebant metuebantque. nec eo segnius invaserant domos hortos opesque imperii..."