contemptu

Dictionary entries

• 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;

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  abl. sg.
• contemptus, contemptus:

  Masculine · Noun · 4th declension

  Frequency:

  Common

  Dictionary:

  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = contempt/scorn/despising (act/state); ignominy; disregard; object of contempt;

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  abl. sg.

  dat. sg.