contemnendi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contemnendus, contemnenda, contemnendum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be despised/neglected; [w/negative => considerable, not negligible];
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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;
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...expetendam. Multa sunt dicta ab antiquis de contemnendis ac despiciendis rebus humanis; hoc unum Aristo tenuit: praeter vitia..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cessaret; se, quamquam regno pulsus esset, cum haud contemnendis copiis adfuturum peditum equitumque. nec ipsi Laelio morandum..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse; se tamen, ut nihil timendi, sic nihil contemnendi auctorem esse. Circumsederi urbem Romanam ab invidia et odio..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...eius adventu erectae spes; ipse pugnae avidus et contemnendis quam cavendis hostibus melior, ferocia verborum militem incendebat..."
