contemno
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae essent probationibus utilia reperirent. Quos equidem non contemno, sed hactenus utiles credo, ne quid per eos iudici..." - M
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iudices, hoc dici homini reverso. ita nunc ego contemno matrem, ego despicio caecitatis obsequia, homo qui omnium calamitatium..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...copiis, quae a nobis cotidie comparantur, magno opere contemno collectum ex senibus desperatis, ex agresti luxuria, ex rusticis..." - G
Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...tamen Marci Catonis ingenium versutum, loquax, callidum haud contemno. Parantur haec disciplina Graecorum; sed virtus, vigilantia, labos, apud..."