contemnuntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...robur est? Sequitur ut quae ab inconsultis saepe contemnuntur, a sapientibus semper, ea nec bona sint nec mala..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...honos et antiquae societatis insigne; nam nec tributis contemnuntur nec publicanus atterit; exempti oneribus et conlationibus et tantum..."