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
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...haec ad nostram consuetudinem sunt levia et potius contemnenda; at in Graecia utique olim magnae laudi erant. Postquam..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
