despecte
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despectus, despecta, despectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despicable; suffering contempt; insignificant; contemptible (L+S);
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →despicio, despicere, despexi, despectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
look down on/over; relax attention; disdain, despise; express contempt for;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...illis nos cernimus; qui montium summa conscendunt, despectant nubem nec tamen imaginem in illa suam aspiciunt..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Batulumque tenent atque arva Celemnae, et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae, Teutonico ritu soliti torquere cateias; tegmina quis..."
