a despising

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contemptus ( - temt-), a, um, Part. and P. a., from contemno.

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).

Act., a despising:

(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:

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.

loathing, fiercely hating, despising.

dēspectus, a, um, Part., from despicio.

dēspectus, ūs, m. [despicio].

A looking down upon; hence, a view or prospect from an elevated place (repeatedly in Caes.; elsewh. rare;

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:

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.

fastīdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. [fastidium], to feel disgust, loathing, or nausea, to shrink or flinch from any thing unpleasant to the taste, smell, hearing, etc.; to loathe, dislike, despise (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: taedet, reprobo, reicio, respuo, repudio).

Lit.

Neutr.:

bi bendum hercle hoc est, ne nega: quid hic fastidis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; cf.:

fastidientis stomachi est multa degustare,

Sen. Ep. 2:

majus infundam tibi Fastidienti poculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 78:

ut fastidis!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 58.—

Act. (perh. not till the Aug. per.):

num esuriens fastidis omnia praeter Pavonem rhombumque?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 115:

olus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 15:

pulmentarium,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 23:

cactos in cibis,

Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

fluvialem lupum,

Col. 8, 16, 4: vinum, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59:

euphorbiae sucus fastidiendum odorem habet,

disgusting, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 79:

aures... redundantia ac nimia fastidiunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.—

Trop., of mental aversion, to be disdainful, scornful, haughty; to disdain, despise, scorn.

Neutr.:

ut fastidit gloriosus!

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 34:

vide ut fastidit simia!

id. Most. 4, 2, 4:

in recte factis saepe fastidiunt,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—

With gen. (like taedet):

fastidit mei,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 67; so, mei, Titin. ap. Non. 496, 15:

bonorum,

Lucil. ib. 18.—

Act. (perh. not before the Aug. per.).

With acc.:

(populus) nisi quae terris semota suisque Temporibus defuncta videt, fastidit et odit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 22:

vilice silvarum et agelli, Quem tu fastidis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

lacus et rivos apertos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

vitium amici,

id. S. 1, 3, 44:

preces alicujus,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

hoc lucrum,

Quint. 1, 1, 18:

grammatices elementa tamquam parva,

id. 1, 4, 6:

minores,

Mart. 3, 31, 5:

omnes duces post Alexandrum,

Just. 14, 2:

dominationibus aliis fastiditus (i. e. a prioribus principibus despectus),

Tac. A. 13, 1:

ut quae dicendo refutare non possumus, quasi fastidiendo calcemus,

Quint. 5, 13, 22:

oluscula,

Juv. 11, 80.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects: te cum fastidierit popina dives, etc.,

Mart. 5, 44, 10: somnus agrestium Lenis virorum non humiles domos Fastidit umbrosamve ripam, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23.—In the part. perf.:

laudatus abunde, Non fastiditus si tibi, lector, ero,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 31; cf.:

aliquem non fastiditis annumerare viris,

id. ib. 2, 120:

vetulus bos, ab ingrato jam fastiditus aratro,

Juv. 10, 270.—In the neutr. absol.: res ardua vetustis novitatem dare... fastiditis gratiam, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 15.—In the part. fut. pass. with supine:

quia (verba) dictu fastidienda sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

With an object-clause:

a me fastidit amari,

Ov. R. Am. 305:

jocorum legere fastidis genus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 2; Petr. 127:

fastidit praestare hanc inferioribus curam,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

fastidit balsamum alibi nasci,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135:

an creditis, aequo animo iis servire, quorum reges esse fastidiant?

Curt. 4, 14, 16 et saep.:

ne fastidieris nos in sacerdotum numerum accipere,

Liv. 10, 8, 7:

plebs coepit fastidire, munus vulgatum a civibus isse in socios,

id. 2, 41, 4; Quint. 5, 11, 39.—Hence,

Adv.: fastīdĭenter, disdainfully, scornfully:

parentibus fastidienter appellatis,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 11.—

Part.: fastīdītus, a, um, in act. signif., disdaining, despising (post-Aug.):

ne me putes studia fastiditum,

Petr. 48.