temneDictionary entriestemno, temnere, -, -:Verb · 3rd conjugationFrequency:Lesser= scorn, despise;Entry →sg. pres. act. imp. 2ndExamplesAeneid VIIP. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid"...expertus et armis: multi nos populi, multae (ne temne, quod ultro praeferimus manibus vittas ac verba precantia..."