contemnendum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nomen; leuia enim sunt,contemnenda. Nullum est minimum contemnendum bonum; nam quamdiu exiguumest bonum non est: cum bonum..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...neminem sui temporis in numerum redegerunt, non tamen contemnendum edidit opus aequali quadam mediocritate. LV. Arati materia motu..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...neque magnum bonum et prae rectis honestisque contemnendum ac despiciendum nec magnopere expetendum, omninoque de istis omnibus verbis..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...apparebat ipsum per se intuentibus nequaquam esse contemnendum. perdomuerat intra paucos dies terra marique ferocem, locis munimentisque fretam..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...collectis militibus et quibusdam de praesidiis deductis haud contemnendum exercitum fecerat iunxeratque cum Ti. Fonteio, P. Scipionis legato..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...milia domanda equitibus diuisa. Romani, cum bellum nequaquam contemnendum in Sicilia oreretur, morsque tyranni duces magis impigros dedisset..."
