dedignatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dedigno, dedignare, dedignavi, dedignatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
disdain; refuse (scornfully), reject with scorn, spurn; feel contempt for;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →dedignor, dedignari, dedignatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
disdain; refuse (scornfully), reject with scorn, spurn; feel contempt for;
sg. pres. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ipse etiam tanto dominus sub pondere rerum non dedignatur bis terque reuoluere Caesar. Sed tibi plus mentis, tibi..."- L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...tutore suo, in dotem aes graue acceperunt? 7. Dedignatur aliquis paupertatem, cuius tam clarae imagines sunt? Indignatur exul..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...magna discrimina, virtus in medio posita est: neminem dedignatur, qui modo dignum se illa iudicat. Optime certe illos..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...remedio egent, contrectare nec reliquias et effusa intueri dedignatur nec per furorem saeuientium excipere conuicia. Scit sapiens omnis..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nobilitatem Volusio atque Africano: Trebellium dum uterque dedignatur, supra tulere. Eo anno mortem obiit Memmius Regulus, auctoritate constantia..."