despectos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despectus, despecta, despectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
despicable; suffering contempt; insignificant; contemptible (L+S);
acc. pl. (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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →despectus, despectus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
view down/from above; prospect/panorama; spectacle; (object of) contempt/scorn;
gen. sg.
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..."
