despiciet
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fortunae; secunda temperabit, adversa comminuet et aliis admiranda despiciet. Magni animi est magna contemnere ac mediocria malle quam..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Baianis veniat novus hospes ab oris, talia despiciet (fas sit componere magnis parva), Neronea nec qui modo lotus..."