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
- C
Agesilaus
Cornelius Nepos
"...afferebat deformitatem, atque ignoti, faciem eins cum intuerentur, contemnebant; qui autem virtutes noverant, non poterant admirari satis. Quod..." - P
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..."