despecto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despectus, despecta, despectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despicable; suffering contempt; insignificant; contemptible (L+S);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →despecto, despectare, despectavi, despectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
look over/down at, survey; overlook; rise above, overtop; despise/look down on;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Thrasybulus
Cornelius Nepos
"...quidem res et illis contemnentibus pernicii et huic despecto saluti fuit. Haec enim illos segnes ad persequendum..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tunc quoque lassa tumet uirtus multumque superbit pectore despecto; uacua iacet hostis harena turpe gemens crudosque uetat sentire..."
