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  • 101 استخف

    اِسْتَخَفَّ \ sneer: to express a low opinion of sb. (or sth.) with bitter words or a bitter smile: He sneered at my failure. \ اِسْتَخَفَّ بِـ \ brush aside: not to treat seriously; not attend to (a person or idea): The Police brushed my complaint aside. despise: to consider worthless; have a very low opinion of: I despise anyone who hurts a child. \ See Also احتقر (اِحْتَقَرَ)‏

    Arabic-English dictionary > استخف

  • 102 despise

    اِزْدَرَى \ look down on: to consider sb. or sth. to be of lower quality (than oneself; than what suits oneself): Office workers often look down on farm workers. scorn: to treat as worthless; to refuse (sth. that one considers worthless): She scorned his love He scorned my offer of help. sneer: to express a low opinion of sb. (or sth.) with bitter words or a bitter smile: He sneered at my failure. despise: to consider worthless; have a very low opinion of: I despise anyone who hurts a child. \ See Also احتقر (اِحْتَقَرَ)، هَزِئ بِـ، اِسْتَخَفَّ بِـ

    Arabic-English glossary > despise

  • 103 look down on

    اِزْدَرَى \ look down on: to consider sb. or sth. to be of lower quality (than oneself; than what suits oneself): Office workers often look down on farm workers. scorn: to treat as worthless; to refuse (sth. that one considers worthless): She scorned his love He scorned my offer of help. sneer: to express a low opinion of sb. (or sth.) with bitter words or a bitter smile: He sneered at my failure. despise: to consider worthless; have a very low opinion of: I despise anyone who hurts a child. \ See Also احتقر (اِحْتَقَرَ)، هَزِئ بِـ، اِسْتَخَفَّ بِـ

    Arabic-English glossary > look down on

  • 104 scorn

    اِزْدَرَى \ look down on: to consider sb. or sth. to be of lower quality (than oneself; than what suits oneself): Office workers often look down on farm workers. scorn: to treat as worthless; to refuse (sth. that one considers worthless): She scorned his love He scorned my offer of help. sneer: to express a low opinion of sb. (or sth.) with bitter words or a bitter smile: He sneered at my failure. despise: to consider worthless; have a very low opinion of: I despise anyone who hurts a child. \ See Also احتقر (اِحْتَقَرَ)، هَزِئ بِـ، اِسْتَخَفَّ بِـ

    Arabic-English glossary > scorn

  • 105 sneer

    اِزْدَرَى \ look down on: to consider sb. or sth. to be of lower quality (than oneself; than what suits oneself): Office workers often look down on farm workers. scorn: to treat as worthless; to refuse (sth. that one considers worthless): She scorned his love He scorned my offer of help. sneer: to express a low opinion of sb. (or sth.) with bitter words or a bitter smile: He sneered at my failure. despise: to consider worthless; have a very low opinion of: I despise anyone who hurts a child. \ See Also احتقر (اِحْتَقَرَ)، هَزِئ بِـ، اِسْتَخَفَّ بِـ

    Arabic-English glossary > sneer

  • 106 disdain

    dɪsˈdeɪn
    1. сущ. презрение, пренебрежение to have the greatest disdain for smth. ≈ страшно презирать что-л. Haughtiness is founded on the high opinion we entertain of ourselves;
    disdain, on the low opinion we have of others. ≈ Надменность основывается на высоком самомнении, презрение - на низком мнении о других. Syn: scorn, contempt
    2. гл.
    1) презирать, относиться с презрением;
    не уважать I disdain your sneer. ≈ К вашим насмешкам я отношусь с презрением. Syn: despise, scorn
    2.
    2) считать ниже своего достоинства презрение;
    пренебрежение - to treat smb. with * относиться к кому-л. свысока - * for fascist propaganda презрение к фашистской пропаганде презирать;
    пренебрегать - to * flattery презирать лесть - to * an offer пренебречь предложением считать ниже своего достоинства - to * to notice /noticing/ an insult считать ниже своего достоинства заметить оскорбление - they *ed the town library они не снисходили до городской библиотеки disdain надменность ~ презирать ~ презрение, пренебрежение ~ считать ниже своего достоинства;
    смотреть свысока

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > disdain

  • 107 high

    [haɪ] adj
    1) ( altitude) hoch präd, hohe(r, s) attr;
    he lives on the \highest floor er wohnt im obersten Stockwerk;
    I knew him when he was only so \high ich kannte ihn schon als kleines Kind;
    to fly at a \high altitude in großer Höhe fliegen;
    to have a \high ceiling hohe Räume haben;
    thirty centimetres/ one metre/two metres \high dreißig Zentimeter/ein Meter/zwei Meter hoch;
    \high cheekbones hohe Wangenknochen;
    to do a \high dive einen Kopfsprung aus großer Höhe machen;
    the \high diving board das oberste Sprungbrett;
    to have a \high forehead eine hohe Stirn haben;
    \high waves hohe Wellen;
    \high wind starker Wind;
    ankle-\high water knöcheltief; grass knöchelhoch;
    knee-\high water knietief; grass kniehoch;
    shoulder/waist-\high schulter-/hüfthoch
    2) ( above average) hohe(r, s) attr, hoch präd;
    she got very \high marks sie bekam sehr gute Noten;
    the casualty toll from the explosion was \high die Explosion forderte viele Opfer;
    \high calibre [or (Am) caliber] gun großkalibrige Waffe;
    of the \highest calibre [or (Am) caliber]; ( fig) hervorragend;
    \high level of concentration hohe Konzentration;
    to have \high hopes sich dat große Hoffnungen machen;
    to have \high hopes for sb für jdn große Pläne haben;
    to have a \high IQ einen hohen IQ haben;
    a \high-scoring match ein Match nt mit vielen Treffern;
    to have a \high opinion of sb von jdm eine hohe Meinung haben;
    to be full of \high praise [for sb/sth] [für jdn/etw] voll des Lobes sein;
    to pay a \high price for sth (a. fig) für etw akk einen hohen Preis bezahlen (a. fig)
    to have \high principles strenge Prinzipien haben;
    to drive at \high speed mit hoher Geschwindigkeit fahren;
    to demand \high standards from sb/ sth hohe Ansprüche [o Anforderungen] an jdn/etw stellen
    3) med
    to suffer from \high blood-pressure an hohem Blutdruck leiden;
    \high in calories/ cholesterol kalorien-/cholesterinreich;
    \high fever hohes Fieber
    4) ( important)
    safety is \high on my list of priorities Sicherheit zählt zu meinen höchsten Prioritäten;
    to have sth on the \highest authority ( esp hum) etw aus zuverlässiger Quelle wissen;
    to hold/resign from \high office ein hohes Amt innehaben/niederlegen;
    to have friends in \high places wichtige Freunde haben;
    of \high rank hochrangig;
    to be \high and mighty ( pej) herablassend sein
    5) (intoxicated, euphoric) high (a. fig) ( fam)
    to be \high on drugs mit Drogen vollgepumpt sein;
    to be [as] \high as a kite ( fam) total high sein (sl)
    6) ( shrill)
    to sing in a \high key in einer hohen Tonlage singen;
    a \high note ein hoher Ton;
    a \high voice eine schrille Stimme
    she wore a dress with a \high neckline sie trug ein hochgeschlossenes Kleid;
    \high heels Stöckelschuhe mpl
    to be \high food riechen; game Hautgout haben
    PHRASES:
    \high drama hochdramatisch;
    with one's head held \high hoch erhobenen Hauptes;
    to stink to \high heaven ( smell awful) wie die Pest stinken (sl) ( be very suspicious) zum Himmel stinken ( fig) (sl)
    come hell or \high water um jeden Preis;
    come hell or \high water, I'm going to get this finished by midnight und wenn die Welt untergeht, bis Mitternacht habe ich das fertig;
    sb's stock is \high jds Aktien stehen gut ( fig), jd steht hoch im Kurs;
    \high time höchste Zeit;
    to leave sb \high and dry jdn auf dem Trockenen sitzen lassen adv
    1) ( position) hoch;
    you'll have to throw the ball \high du musst den Ball in die Höhe werfen;
    he said he would go as \high as $500 er meinte, er würde maximal 500 Dollar ausgeben;
    to look [or search] for sth \high and low das Unterste nach oben kehren ( fig)
    \high up hoch oben
    2) ( intensity)
    the sea was running \high das Meer tobte;
    feelings were running \high ( fig) die Gemüter erhitzten sich
    PHRASES:
    to hold one's head \high stolz sein;
    to live \high on [or off] the hog fürstlich leben n
    1) (high[est] point) Höchststand m;
    to reach an all-time [or a record] \high einen historischen Höchststand erreichen
    2) meteo Hoch nt
    \highs and lows Höhen und Tiefen ( fig)
    to be on a \high high sein (sl)
    4) ( heaven)
    on \high im Himmel, in der Höhe ( poet)
    God looked down from on \high Gott blickte vom Himmel herab; ( hum fig) ( fam);
    the orders came from on \high die Befehle kamen von höchster Stelle

    English-German students dictionary > high

  • 108 disdain

    [dɪs'deɪn] 1. сущ.
    презрение, пренебрежение

    to have the greatest disdain for smth. — страшно презирать что-л.

    Haughtiness is founded on the high opinion we entertain of ourselves; disdain, on the low opinion we have of others. — Надменность основывается на высоком самомнении, презрение - на низком мнении о других.

    Syn:
    2. гл.
    1) презирать, относиться с презрением; не уважать

    I disdain your sneer. — К вашим насмешкам я отношусь с презрением.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > disdain

  • 109 disdain

    I [dɪs'deɪn] n
    презрение, пренебрежение

    His his outspoken disdain for her interests humiliated her. — Его нескрываемое пренебрежение к ее интересам было для нее унизительным.

    Disputing with your elders does not mean disdain for them. — Спор со старшими не означает пренебрежения к ним.

    Haughtiness is founded on the high opinion we entertain of ourselves; disdain, on the low opinion we have of others. — Надменность основывается на высоком самомнении, презрение - на низком мнении о других

    - savage disdain
    - disdain for smb, smth
    - treat smb with disdain
    - show disdain
    - endure smb's disdain
    - have the greatest disdain for smth
    II [dɪs'deɪn] v
    презирать, пренебрегать, относиться свысока

    He disdained it to notice the insult. — Он считал ниже своего достоинства обратить внимание на оскорбление.

    They disdained the local library. — Они не снисходили до местной библиотеки.

    He disdains rude jokes. — Он не опускется до грубых шуток

    - disdain an offer
    - disdain flattery
    - disdain smth, smb, doing smth
    - disdain one's classmates

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > disdain

  • 110 sinken

    (Bedeutung) to diminish; to be on the decline;
    (Hoffnung) to fade;
    (Preis) to fall; to drop; to decline; to go down; to sag;
    (Schiff) to founder; to go down; to sink;
    (Wasserstand) to subside
    * * *
    sịn|ken ['zɪŋkn] pret sa\#nk [zaŋk] ptp gesu\#nken [gə'zʊŋkn]
    vi aux sein
    1) (Mensch, Gegenstand) to sink; (Schiff) to sink, to go down; (Ballon) to descend; (Nebel) to come down, to descend (liter)

    auf einen Stuhl/zu Boden sinken — to sink into a chair/to the ground

    an jds Brust (acc) or jdm an die Brust sinken (liter)to fall upon sb's breast

    in Ohnmacht sinken (geh)to swoon (old), to fall into a faint (esp Brit), to faint

    die Arme/den Kopf sinken lassen — to let one's arms/head drop

    2) (Boden, Gebäude) to subside, to sink; (Fundament) to settle
    3) (=niedriger werden Wasserspiegel, Temperatur, Preise etc) to fall, to drop
    4) (= schwinden) (Ansehen, Vertrauen) to diminish; (Einfluss) to wane, to decline, to diminish; (Hoffnung, Stimmung) to sink

    den Mut/die Hoffnung sinken lassen — to lose courage/hope

    5) (moralisch) to sink
    * * *
    1) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) lapse
    2) sink
    3) ((of floods) to become lower and withdraw: Gradually the water subsided.) subside
    * * *
    sin·ken
    <sank, gesunken>
    [ˈzɪŋkn̩]
    vi Hilfsverb: sein
    1. (versinken) to sink; Schiff to go down, to founder
    auf den Grund \sinken to sink to the bottom
    sich akk \sinken lassen to sink
    2. (herabsinken) to descend
    sich akk \sinken lassen (geh) Sonne to go down
    3. (niedersinken) to drop, to fall
    ins Bett \sinken to fall into bed
    zu Boden/auf ein Sofa \sinken to sink [or drop] to the ground/on[to] a sofa
    sich akk in den Sessel/in den Schnee \sinken lassen to sink into the armchair/snow
    die Hände \sinken lassen to let one's hands fall, to drop one's hands
    den Kopf \sinken lassen to hang [or droop] one's head; s.a. Arm, Schlaf
    4. (abnehmen) to go down, to abate; Fieber to fall; Wasserpegel, Verbrauch to go down
    die Temperatur sank auf 2°C the temperature went down to 2°C; Kurs, Preis to fall, to drop, to be on the decline
    \sinkend falling
    \sinkende Produktion ÖKON falling production
    \sinkender Dollar BÖRSE sagging dollar
    5. (schwinden) to diminish, to decline; Hoffnung to sink
    den Mut \sinken lassen to lose courage
    in jds Achtung/Ansehen \sinken to go down [or sink] in sb's estimation [or esteem], to lose sb's favour [or AM -or]; s.a. tief
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein
    1) <ship, sun> sink, go down; <plane, balloon> descend, go down; (geh.) <leaves, snowflakes> fall

    auf od. (geh.) in die Knie sinken — sink or fall to one's knees

    3) (niedriger werden) <temperature, level> fall, drop

    das Thermometer/Barometer sinkt — the temperature is falling/the barometer is going back

    4) (an Wert verlieren) <price, value> fall, go down
    5) (nachlassen, abnehmen) fall; go down; <excitement, interest> diminish, decline
    * * *
    sinken; sinkt, sank, ist gesunken v/i
    1. sink; Schiff: auch go down; Boden, Erde, Hochwasser: subside; Nebel: descend, come down;
    jemandem in die Arme sinken fall into sb’s arms;
    zu Boden sinken sink ( oder drop) to the ground;
    auf die Knie sinken drop to one’s knees;
    ins Bett sinken fall ( oder collapse) into bed;
    in einen Sessel sinken sink ( oder collapse) into an armchair;
    den Kopf sinken lassen hang one’s head;
    in tiefen Schlaf sinken sink into a deep sleep
    2. Aktien, Kurs, Preise, Temperatur etc: fall, drop, go down;
    das Fieber ist leicht gesunken the temperature has gone down slightly;
    der Verbrauch von Rindfleisch ist stark gesunken beef consumption has fallen considerably;
    zu einem allgemeinen Sinken der Energiepreise führen lead to a general fall in energy prices
    3. fig, Ansehen, Einfluss: diminish; Hoffnung: fade;
    seine Stimmung sank his spirits sank;
    er ist tief gesunken he has sunk very low;
    in jemandes Achtung sinken go down in sb’s opinion ( oder esteem);
    in der Gunst der Wähler sinken lose electoral support; Mut, Ohnmacht 2, Wert etc
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein
    1) <ship, sun> sink, go down; <plane, balloon> descend, go down; (geh.) <leaves, snowflakes> fall

    auf od. (geh.) in die Knie sinken — sink or fall to one's knees

    3) (niedriger werden) <temperature, level> fall, drop

    das Thermometer/Barometer sinkt — the temperature is falling/the barometer is going back

    4) (an Wert verlieren) <price, value> fall, go down
    5) (nachlassen, abnehmen) fall; go down; <excitement, interest> diminish, decline
    * * *
    n.
    descent n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > sinken

  • 111 high

    1 მაღალი
    a high ceiling / mountain / wall მაღალი ჭერი / მთა / კედელი
    high temperature / price / quality / ideas / society / interest მაღალი ტემპერატურა / ფასი / ხარისხი / იდეალები / საზოგადოება / პროცენტი
    2 დიდი
    high pay / speed დიდი ჯამაგირი / სიჩქარე
    3 გარკვეული სიმაღლის მქონე
    it is high time to go კარგა ხანია, წასვლის დროა
    higher education / school უმღლესი განათლება / სასწავლებელი
    it will cost you $100 at the highest მაქსიმუმ 10 დოლარი დაგიჯდება
    4 მაღლა
    pitch the ball higher! ბურთი უფრო მაღლა ააგდე! / ტყორცნე!
    to be in high / low spirits კარგ / ცუდ გუნებაზე ყოფნა
    a woman of high station მაღალი / წარჩინებული წრის ქალბატონი
    it is that high! აი, ამ სიმაღლისაა!
    high/low water მოქცევა/მიქცევა (ზღვისა)
    in the highest degree უაღრესად, უკიდურესად
    his bid was higher than any other მის მიერ შეთავაზებული ფასი ყველაზე მაღალი იყო
    the university conferred a high title upon him უნივერსიტეტმა მას მაღალი წოდება მიანიჭა

    English-Georgian dictionary > high

  • 112 geringschätzen

    ge|rịng schät|zen sep
    vt
    (= verachten) Menschen, Leistung to think little of, to have a poor or low opinion of; Erfolg, Reichtum to set little store by (Brit) or in (US), to place little value on; menschliches Leben to have scant regard for, to place little value on; (= missachten) Gefahr, Folgen to disregard

    eine Tugend, die man nicht gering schätzen solltea virtue not to be despised

    * * *
    (to despise: I have no use for such silliness / silly people.) have no use for
    * * *
    ge·ring|schät·zen
    vt s. gering II. 2
    * * *
    s. gering 2)
    * * *
    * * *
    s. gering 2)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geringschätzen

  • 113 think little of / not think much of

    (to have a very low opinion of: He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.) tener en poco a alguien, tener mal concepto/mala opinión de alguien

    English-spanish dictionary > think little of / not think much of

  • 114 think little of / not think much of

    (to have a very low opinion of: He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.) ne pas avoir une bonne opinion de

    English-French dictionary > think little of / not think much of

  • 115 misjudge

    (to have an unfairly low opinion of (a person).) juzgar mal
    tr[mɪs'ʤʌʤ]
    1 (person, situation) juzgar mal
    2 (distance, speed, etc) calcular mal
    misjudge [mɪs'ʤʌʤ] vt, - judged ; - judging : juzgar mal
    v.
    juzgar mal v.
    'mɪs'dʒʌdʒ
    a) ( judge unfairly) juzgar* mal
    b) ( miscalculate) calcular mal
    [ˌmɪs'dʒʌdʒ]
    VT
    1) (=miscalculate) calcular mal
    2) (=judge wrongly) [+ person] juzgar mal
    * * *
    ['mɪs'dʒʌdʒ]
    a) ( judge unfairly) juzgar* mal
    b) ( miscalculate) calcular mal

    English-spanish dictionary > misjudge

  • 116 gering schätzen

    to disparage; to disdain
    * * *
    ge|rịng schät|zen sep
    vt
    (= verachten) Menschen, Leistung to think little of, to have a poor or low opinion of; Erfolg, Reichtum to set little store by (Brit) or in (US), to place little value on; menschliches Leben to have scant regard for, to place little value on; (= missachten) Gefahr, Folgen to disregard

    eine Tugend, die man nicht gering schätzen sollte — a virtue not to be despised

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > gering schätzen

  • 117 contemno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 118 contempno

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 119 contemte

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

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  • 120 contemtus

    con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With things as objects:

    quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:

    corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,

    id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,

    id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,

    id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,

    in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

    Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,

    id. Or. 13, 41:

    magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),

    esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.

    opp. metuere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

    neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

    Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):

    imperium meum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:

    tuum consilium,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:

    mea dona,

    Lucr. 1, 48:

    murmura ponti,

    id. 3, 1045:

    praeclare res humanas,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    parva ista,

    Liv. 6, 41, 8:

    laborem bene dicendi,

    Quint. 1, prooem. 14:

    metum jurisjurandi,

    id. 5, 6, 3:

    populi voces,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:

    honores,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 85:

    cantus Apollineos prae se,

    Ov. M. 11, 155:

    Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),

    Juv. 10, 123:

    paucitatem in hoste,

    Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:

    nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,

    neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    non contemnas lippus inungi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,

    coronari Olympia,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    mori,

    Sen. Phoen. 197. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,

    Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
    (δ).
    In part. fut. pass.:

    quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    documenta in contemnendis animalibus,

    despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:

    (orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
    b.
    Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:

    adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,

    Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:

    contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,

    Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:

    contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,

    Juv. 5, 102.—
    B.
    With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:

    contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,

    id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    contemnere miser,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:

    sibi satisplacere),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:

    nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,

    are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
    b.
    In part. fut. pass.:

    ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:

    copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    manus,

    i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
    II.
    Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):

    comtemptus et abjectus homo,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

    contempta ac sordida vita,

    id. Planc. 5, 12:

    a vili contemptoque,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    res,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:

    Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,

    Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:

    quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:

    contemptissimorum consulum levitas,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemtus

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