despice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →despicus, despica, despicum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
looking down; despised, disdained (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;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...setius. Halisca, hoc age, ad terram aspice et despice, oculis investiges, astute augura. LAM. Era. PH. Hem quid..."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..."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..."
