contempserit
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. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...metuet quem saeua pudebunt. 495non inpune tuos Magnus contempserit annos,qui te nec uictos arcere a litore nostroposse..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nemo praestabit nisi qui omnia prior ipse contempserit, nisi qui omnia bona exaequaverit, quia nec bonum sine honesto..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Demetrius autem noster sic vivit, non tamquam contempserit omnia, sed tamquam aliis habenda permiserit. Vale. Seneca the YoungerThe..."IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mathematico iam credidisset. quis miretur, quod responsum [non] contempserit, dum sperabat, ut fortiter facerem? mori me non vult..."