despic
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...setius. Halisca, hoc age, ad terram aspice et despice, oculis investiges, astute augura. LAM. Era. PH. Hem quid..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pervidet omnia, Solem accipe nec durus Titanida despice Circen.' dixerat; ille ferox ipsamque precesque repellit et 'quaecumque..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...dare. nec tu, siquis erit capitis mercede redemptus, despice; gypsati crimen inane pedis. nec te decipiant veteres circum..."