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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...apparebat ipsum per se intuentibus nequaquam esse contemnendum. perdomuerat intra paucos dies terra marique ferocem, locis munimentisque fretam..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...collectis militibus et quibusdam de praesidiis deductis haud contemnendum exercitum fecerat iunxeratque cum Ti. Fonteio, P. Scipionis legato..." - T
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...milia domanda equitibus diuisa. Romani, cum bellum nequaquam contemnendum in Sicilia oreretur, morsque tyranni duces magis impigros dedisset..."
