contemnentis
Dictionary entries
- 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. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...grauis malae conscientiae lux est, et omnia concupiscentiaut contemnenti prout magno aut paruo empta sunt fastidio est lumen..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quae maxima dulcedine sensum moveret, summum bonum ponere contemnentis istam vacuitatem doloris. [40] hi non viderunt..."