contemnet
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...dispositio et magnificentia campum habeat patentem? 2. Non contemnet se sapiens, etiam si fuerit minimae staturae, esse tamen..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...occultum facinus esse potuerit, gaudebit; deprehensus omnem poenam contemnet. erit enim instructus ad mortem contemnendam, ad exilium..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostis metuat quam stulti ciues laudent. Omnia audentem contemnet Hannibal, nihil temere agentem metuet. Nec ego ut nihil..."