contempserat
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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...segmentatis dormisset paruula cunis, contempsit pelagus; famam contempserat olim, cuius apud molles minima est iactura cathedras. Tyrrhenos igitur..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nemo illam bene rexit nisi qui contempserat. Vale. CXII. SENECA LVCILIO SVO SALVTEM Cupio mehercules amicum tuum formari..."