contempseritis
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. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
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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..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...mori consulem tertium oportuit. Quem tandem ignavissimi hostium contempsere? Nos consules an vos Quirites? Si culpa in nobis..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simulato quam vero pavore refugerunt. Iamque Fabii adeo contempserant hostem ut sua invicta arma neque loco neque tempore..."