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1 aspernatio
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2 dēspectus
dēspectus ūs, m [despicio], a looking down upon, view, prospect: ex oppido in campum, Cs.: ex omnibus partibus despectūs habere, points of view, Cs.— An object of contempt: ut (res R.) Treveris despectui sit, Ta.* * *Idespecta, despectum ADJdespicable; suffering contempt; insignificant; contemptible (L+S)IIview down/from above; prospect/panorama; spectacle; (object of) contempt/scorn -
3 dēspicātiō
dēspicātiō ōnis, f [1 despicatus], contempt.— Only plur, sentiments of contempt.* * *scorn; contempt -
4 dēspicātus
dēspicātus adj. with sup. [de+SPEC-], in contempt, despised: nos nostramque adulescentiam Habent despicatam, T.— Contemptible, despicable: despicatissimus homo.* * *Idespicata -um, despicatior -or -us, despicatissimus -a -um ADJdespicable, contemptable; that is an object of contempt; despised (L+S)IIdespicata -um, despicatior -or -us, despicatissimus -a -um ADJIIIscorn; contempt; (only DAT L+S) -
5 āspernātiō
āspernātiō ōnis, f [aspernor], disdain, contempt: rationis.* * *contempt; spurning; rejection of; aversion to -
6 contemptus (-temt-)
contemptus (-temt-) ūs, m [com-+1 TEM-], a despising, contempt, scorn: alumnae, the slight done to, O.: hunc apparatum sequebantur contemptūs omnium, L.—A being despised, slight received, disagrace: contemptūs patientior huius, O.: contemptu tutus esse, insignificance, L.: Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est, an object of contempt, Cs. -
7 dēspectus
dēspectus adj. with sup. [P. of despicio], contemptible, scorned: maxime natura eius, Ta.: despectissima pars servientium, Ta.* * *Idespecta, despectum ADJdespicable; suffering contempt; insignificant; contemptible (L+S)IIview down/from above; prospect/panorama; spectacle; (object of) contempt/scorn -
8 dēspicientia
dēspicientia ae, f [despiciens], a despising, contempt: rerum humanarum: animi.* * *contempt (for); indifference (to); despising (L+S) -
9 dēspiciō
dēspiciō ēxī, ectus, ere [de + specio], to look down upon: de vertice montis in vallīs, O.: colles, quā despici poterat, in the range of view, Cs.— With acc, (some read dispicio in these passages): gentīs et urbīs: aethere summo mare, V.: omne nemus, O.—Fig., to be inattentive, be off guard: simul atque ille despexerit.—With acc, to look down upon, despise, disdain: omnīs: a populo R. despici: divitias: ignobilitatem Iugurthae, S.: despectā paucitate impetum faciunt, Cs.: neque ullum laborem despiciens, refusing, Cs.: Despectus tibi sum, V.: homines despecti: huic despecto saluti fuit, N.— To disparage, express contempt for: Caesaris copias, Cs.* * *despicere, despexi, despectus Vlook down on/over; relax attention; disdain, despise; express contempt for -
10 fastīdium
fastīdium ī, n nausea, squeamishness, loathing, distaste, aversion: cibi: Magna movet stomacho fastidia, H.: veteris quercūs, Iu.: oculorum. —Fig., dislike, aversion, disgust, fastidiousness, excessive nicety: ab aliquā re fastidio quodam abalienari: est fastidi delicatissimi: audiendi: insolens domesticarum rerum: fastidio esse alquibus, Ta.: nec id fit fastidio meo: spectatoris fastidia ferre superbi, H.—Scornful contempt, haughtiness, pride: quorum non possum ferre fastidium: efferri fastidio et contumaciā: superba pati fastidia, V.: Oderunt fastidia divi, Tb.* * *loathing, disgust; squeamishness; scornful contempt, pride; fastidiousness -
11 fastus
fastus ūs, m scornful contempt, disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, pride: inest pulchris, O.: ad fastum parentīs Optare sibi, ambition, H.: Stirpis Achilleae fastūs tulimus, V.: regius, Cu.: erga patrias epulas, Ta.: tanto te in fastu negas, Ct.: omnīs odit fastūs, Tb.* * *Ifasta, fastum ADJIIfastus dies--day on which praetor's court was open, judicial day
calendar (pl.), almanac, annals; register of judicial days, register; list of festivals (pl.); list of consuls who gave names to yearsIIIscornful contempt, destain, haughtiness, arrogance, pride -
12 contemno
Icontemnere, contempsi, contemptus V TRANSthink little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoidIIcontemnere, contemsi, contemtus V TRANSthink little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoid -
13 contemptus
Icontempta -um, contemptior -or -us, contemptissimus -a -um ADJdespised, despicable, paltry, mean; contemptible, vileIIcontempt/scorn/despising (act/state); ignominy; disregard; object of contempt -
14 contemtus
Icontemta -um, contemtior -or -us, contemtissimus -a -um ADJdespised, despicable, paltry, mean; contemptible, vileIIcontempt/scorn/despising (act/state); ignominy; disregard; object of contempt -
15 adspernor
aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;I.more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).Lit.:II.gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,
id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:regem ut externum aspernari,
Tac. A. 2, 1:matrem,
id. ib. 4, 57:de pace legatos haud aspernatus,
id. ib. 15, 27:hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,
id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,
Suet. Caes. 53:si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42:querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:regis liberalitatem,
id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:diis aspernantibus placamina irae,
Liv. 7, 3:deditionem alicujus,
id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:consilia,
Tac. G. 8:sententiam,
id. ib. 11:honorem,
id. ib. 27:militiam,
id. H. 2, 36:disciplinam,
id. A. 1, 16:virtutem,
id. ib. 13, 2:panem,
Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:imperium,
Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,
Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:haud aspernanda precare,
Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:dare aspernabantur,
Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —Trop.:qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,
deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,
Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:aliquid accipere,
Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used. -
16 aspernor
aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;I.more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).Lit.:II.gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,
id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:regem ut externum aspernari,
Tac. A. 2, 1:matrem,
id. ib. 4, 57:de pace legatos haud aspernatus,
id. ib. 15, 27:hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,
id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,
Suet. Caes. 53:si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,
Cic. Sen. 12, 42:querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:regis liberalitatem,
id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:diis aspernantibus placamina irae,
Liv. 7, 3:deditionem alicujus,
id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:consilia,
Tac. G. 8:sententiam,
id. ib. 11:honorem,
id. ib. 27:militiam,
id. H. 2, 36:disciplinam,
id. A. 1, 16:virtutem,
id. ib. 13, 2:panem,
Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:imperium,
Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,
Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:haud aspernanda precare,
Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:dare aspernabantur,
Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —Trop.:qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,
deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,
Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:aliquid accipere,
Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used. -
17 contemptus
1. 2.contemptus ( - temt-), ūs, m. [contemno], a despising, contemning; contempt, scorn (first freq. since the Aug. per., but esp. so in Quint.; perh. never in Cic., for in Sen. Tranq. 11, 4, prob. the thought only is Ciceronian).I.Act., a despising:II.(naribus labrisque) derisus, contemptus, fastidium significari solet,
Quint. 11, 3, 80:pecuniae,
id. 7, 2, 30:operis,
id. 2, 4, 16:operis et hominum,
id. 11, 3, 136:opinionis,
id. 12, 1, 12:doloris,
id. 12, 2, 30 et saep.:ambitionis,
Tac. A. 6, 45:famae,
id. ib. 4, 38 fin.; cf.:omnis infamiae,
Suet. Ner. 39:sui alienique,
Tac. Or. 29:sui,
Suet. Vit. 14.— Plur.:hunc superbum apparatum... sequebantur contemptus omnium hominum,
Liv. 24, 5, 5.—Pass., a being despised:B.turpis enim ferme contemptus et acris egestas,
Lucr. 3, 65:atque ego contemptūs essem patientior hujus, etc.,
Ov. M. 13, 859:contemptu inter socios nomen Romanum laborare,
Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 14:si contemptum ex humilitate tulerit,
id. 5, 14, 30; Ov. M. 2, 527 al.— In plur., Lucr. 5, 831 and 1277.—Transf., an object of contempt, in phrase contemptui esse or habere, to despise:plerumque hominibus Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est,
is despised, Caes. B. G. 2, 30:eviluit, ut contemptui esset,
Suet. Claud. 15:ceteras (caerimonias) contemptui habuit,
id. Aug. 93 init. -
18 despectus
1.dēspectus, a, um, Part., from despicio.2.dēspectus, ūs, m. [despicio].I.A looking down upon; hence, a view or prospect from an elevated place (repeatedly in Caes.; elsewh. rare;II.not in Cic.): erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:in mare,
id. ib. 3, 14 fin.:sub terras,
Lucr. 4, 417:qua longe pelago despectus aperto,
Stat. Th. 5, 351.—In plur., concr., points of view, heights:cum ex omnibus partibus altissimas rupes despectusque haberet (oppidum),
Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3.—Transf. (only dat.), a spectacle, an object of contempt:B.despectui me habet,
Vulg. Gen. 16, 5; id. 2 Esdr. 4, 4.—A despising, contempt:ludibrio et despectui esse oppositum,
Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51. -
19 despicatio
dēspĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], contempt. —Plur.:despicationes adversantur voluptatibus,
i. e. sentiments of contempt, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67. -
20 ā
ā (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad). I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of. A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.— B. Without motion. 1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.— 2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.— II. Fig. A. Of time. 1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.— 2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.— B. In other relations. 1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.— 2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.— 3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.— 4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.— 5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.— 6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.— 7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).— 8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.— 9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.* * *IAh!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)IIby (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)IIIante, abb. a.in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day
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Contempt — Disdain redirects here. For other uses, see Disdain (disambiguation). For the legal term, see Contempt of court. For other uses of Contempt, see Contempt (disambiguation). Contempt is an intensely negative emotion regarding a person or group of… … Wikipedia
contempt — /keuhn tempt /, n. 1. the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. 2. the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace. 3. Law. a. willful disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or … Universalium
contempt — noun 1 lack of respect ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, deep, great, open, outright, pure, utter, withering ▪ cold … Collocations dictionary