contempsere
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...subita formidine movit, mox, ubi mens rediit et contempsere sequentem, ad numerum motis pedibus duxere choreas; inprobat..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...mori consulem tertium oportuit. Quem tandem ignavissimi hostium contempsere? Nos consules an vos Quirites? Si culpa in nobis..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simulato quam vero pavore refugerunt. Iamque Fabii adeo contempserant hostem ut sua invicta arma neque loco neque tempore..."