contemneret
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...contra nimium metum. Nam qui deos tanto opere contemneret, ad minima tonitrua et fulgura conivere, caput obvolvere..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...dolere solum voluptatis nomine appellaret, illud Aristippeum contemneret, aut, si utrumque probaret, ut probat, coniungeret doloris vacuitatem..."