contemnendas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contemnendus, contemnenda, contemnendum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be despised/neglected; [w/negative => considerable, not negligible];
acc. pl. (f.) - 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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- C
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...haec ad nostram consuetudinem sunt levia et potius contemnenda; at in Graecia utique olim magnae laudi erant. Postquam..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...conueniat illis boni nomen; leuia enim sunt,contemnenda. Nullum est minimum contemnendum bonum; nam quamdiu exiguumest bonum..." - L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...falsa lux verberet. Tunc intellegere nobis licebit quam contemnenda miremur, simillimi pueris, quibus omne ludicrum in pretio..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...latere. Vicit tamen omnia impedimenta et ad cetera contemnenda a contemptu sui venit. Errare mihi visus..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ista quae gemitus mugitusque exprimunt levia esse et contemnenda. Omittamus haec magna verba, sed, di boni, vera: illud..." - L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...diues uitam agit? Quare opes contemnendas dicit et habet, uitam contemnendam putat et tamen uiuit, ualetudinem contemnendam..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...alium traicere, quae relinquenda, quae contemnenda sint iudicare? Motus est in his orationis atque actus, quibus detractis iacet..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...enim refutanda tantum quae ex contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda elevanda ridenda sunt, nec usquam plus loci recipit urbanitas..."
