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contemnere

  • 1 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).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemno

  • 2 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).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contempno

  • 3 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).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemte

  • 4 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).

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  • 5 con - temnō

        con - temnō tempsī    (-temsī), temptus (-temtus), ere, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, disregard, defy: ea, quae plerique expetunt: exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus: paucitatem eorum, L.: paucitatem in hoste, Cu.: tuom Consilium, T.: parva ista, L.: opes, V.: mortem: Antoni gladios, Iu.: contempta fontis Iura maerens, the outrage upon, O.: lippus inungi, H.: ipsum vinci, regard as a trifle: (amplitudo animi) eminet contemnendis doloribus: contemni se putant (senes): tenuissimum quemque: nostros, Cs.: contemnēre miser, H.: Othone contempto, in defiance of, H.: se non contemnere, to have a high estimate of: nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur, are humiliated, Ta.: quae res illis contemnentibus pernicii fuit, N. — To slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage: Numquid habes quod contemnas? any fault to find? T.: Murenae genus: populi voces, Sic, H.—Fig., to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of, disregard: (insulam) dedit contemnere ventos, i. e. sheltered, V.: contemnere ventos (vitīs) Adsuescant, V.: mediam Charybdim, Iu.

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  • 6 fulmen

        fulmen inis, n    [2 FLAG-], a lightning flash, stroke of lightning, fire, thunderbolt: Iovi fulmen fabricati: ictu fulminis deflagrare: fulmine tactus, O.: fulmine percussus: fulminis ictūs Evadere, Iu.: minister fulminis, H.: contemnere fulmina, Iu.—Fig., a thunderbolt, destructive power, crushing blow: fulmina fortunae contemnere: dictatorium, L.: iustum, Iu.: Fulmen habent in dentibus apri, O.: duo fulmina nostri imperi, Scipiones: verborum meorum, i. e. resistless might.
    * * *
    lightning, flash; thunderbolt; crushing blow

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  • 7 contemno

    I
    contemnere, contempsi, contemptus V TRANS
    think 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
    II
    contemnere, contemsi, contemtus V TRANS
    think 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

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  • 8 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.;

    more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    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. —
    II.
    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.

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  • 9 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.;

    more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    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. —
    II.
    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.

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  • 10 despicio

    dē-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( inf. perf. despexe, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 72), v. n. and a.
    I.
    To look down upon any thing (for syn. cf.: contemno, sperno, aspernor).
    A.
    Lit. (mestly poet.).
    (α).
    Neutr.: ad te per impluvium tuum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 72; 2, 3, 16:

    de vertice montis in valles,

    Ov. M. 11, 504:

    a summo caelo in aequora,

    id. A. A. 2, 87:

    medios in agros,

    id. M. 1, 601:

    in vias,

    Hor. Od. 3, 7, 30 al. — Absol.:

    vultus suspicientis et despicientis,

    Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.— Pass. impers.:

    colles, qua despici poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 2; Liv. 44, 6; Amm. 19, 5.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    si quis Pacuviano invehens curru multas et varias gentis et urbis despicere et oculis conlustrare possit,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    Juppiter aethere summo Despiciens mare velivolum terrasque jacentis, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 224 (v. Conington ad loc.); cf. Ov. M. 2, 178; id. F. 4, 569:

    e tumulis subjectam urbem,

    Sil. 12, 488:

    culmine cuncta,

    Luc. 5, 251:

    cavā montis convalle,

    Verg. G. 2, 187 (Forb. ad loc.):

    quos (populos) despicit Arctos,

    Luc. 1, 458.—(Acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236, despicio with acc. always has the trop. force, to despise; and in all these passages should be read dispicere; and so Rib. in Verg., Munro ad Lucr. 4, 418; cf. dispicio.)—
    B.
    Trop. as v. act., to look down upon, to despise, disdain (class. and very freq. —syn.:

    contemnere, spernere): ut omnes despiciat, ut hominem prae se neminem putet,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 3, 18 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 17:

    divitias (with contemnere honores),

    id. Lael. 23:

    suos,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3;

    ipsos,

    id. B. G. 1, 13, 5:

    legionem propter paucitatem,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3; cf.

    copias,

    id. B. C. 3, 23; 87:

    paucitatem militum,

    id. ib. 3, 111; id. B. G. 6, 39 fin.:

    ullum laborem aut munus,

    to disdain, decline, shun, id. B. C. 3, 8 fin. et saep.:

    dum despicis omnes,

    Verg. E. 8, 32; Ov. M. 9, 438 et saep.—In part. perf.:

    homines despecti et contempti,

    Cic. Sest. 40, 87; cf.:

    huic despecto saluti fuit,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 2 (corresp. with contemptus and contemnentibus).—Partic. with the gen.:

    despiciens sui,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 89 extr.; and poet.:

    despectus taedae,

    Sil. 8, 54.—
    * II.
    To look away, not to regard, not to attend:

    simul atque ille despexerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22.— Hence, P. a., dēspectus, a, um, contemptible, despicable:

    natura ejus,

    Tac. A. 13, 47: Euphrates, ingens modo, inde tenuis rivus, despectus emoritur, Mela, 3, 8, 5.— Comp.: improbos despectiores facere, Boëth. Cons. Phil. 3, pros. 4, p. 47 Obbar.

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  • 11 dēmentia

        dēmentia ae, f    [demens], insanity, madness, distraction, folly: ut est Dementia, so mad is he, T.: O hanc dementiam, T.: exspectare... summae dementiae esse iudicabat, Cs.: per dementiam cuncta agere, S.: quae te dementia cepit? V.: solve me dementiā, H.: eius dementias contemnere, follies.
    * * *
    madness, insanity; derangement of the mind; distraction, folly

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  • 12 memorō

        memorō āvī, ātus, āre    [memor], to bring to remembrance, mention, recount, relate, speak of, say, tell: mihi causas, V.: patriam rhombi, Iu.: cuius conditor Hercules memorabatur, was said to have been, S.: ut quidam memoratur contemnere, etc., H.: nondum memoratus omnibus, O.: de gloriā bonorum, S.: de naturā nimis obscure: Herculem boves abegisse, L.: ubi ea, quae dico, gesta esse memorantur: quo patre natus uterque Contulerit lites, H.: sic memorat, V.: incredibile memoratu est, quam, etc., S.: parva et levia memoratu, Ta.— To speak, utter, make use of: vocabula memorata Catonibus, H.— To name, call: Carmentalem nomine portam, V.
    * * *
    memorare, memoravi, memoratus V
    remember; be mindful of (w/GEN/ACC); mention/recount/relate, remind/speak of

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  • 13 stimulus

        stimulus ī, m    [STIG-], a prick, goad: Parce stimulis, O.: dum te stimulis fodiamus.—Prov.: Advorsum stimulum calces, kick against the pricks, T.—In war, stakes bearing iron hooks buried in the ground (to impede the enemy), Cs.—Fig., a spur, incentive, incitement, stimulus: animum gloriae stimulis concitare: Omnia pro stimulis facibusque ciboque furoris Accipit, O.: non hostili modo odio sed amoris etiam stimulis, L.; cf. acriores quippe aeris alieni stimulos esse, L.: acrīs Subiectat lasso stimulos, H.— A sting, torment, pain: stimulos doloris contemnere: stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit, O.
    * * *
    spur/goad; trap/spike in earth; prick/sting/cause of torment/torture instrument

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  • 14 tam

        tam adv.    [3 TA-], correl. with quam in comparisons, implying equality of degree, in such a degree, as much, so, so much: non tam solido quam splendido nomine: adiuro, tam me tibi vera referre Quam veri maiora fide, as true as they are incredible, O.: quam magni nominis bellum est, tam difficilem existimaritis victoriam fore, L.: istam dexteram non tam in bellis neque in proeliis quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, i. e. whose superior trustworthiness is not so much in wars, etc.: nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo: nihil esse tam diligenter quam ius civile retinendum: non tam meāpte causā Laetor quam illius, T.: vellem tam domestica ferre possem quam ista contemnere, were as able to bear, etc.: quod si tam vos curam libertatis haberetis, quam illi ad dominationem adcensi sunt, in as great a degree, S.: Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc techinam quam me vivere, just as well as, T.: Tam teneor dono quam si dimittar onustus, H.: tam es tu iudex quam ego.—With comp. or superl. (quam... tam in the sense of quanto... tanto or quo... eo; old or poet.): Tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae, raging the more wildly, the more, etc., V.: quam maxime huic vana haec suspicio Erit, tam facillime patris pacem in leges conficiet suas (i. e. quo magis... eo facilius), T.: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est (i. e. ut quisque... ita maxime, etc.), S.—With a comparative clause implied in the context, so, to such a degree, so very, equally: quae faciliora sunt philosophis... quia tam graviter cadere non possunt (i. e. quam alii): quorsum igitur tam multa de voluptate? so much (as has been said): hoc, quod a tam multis perferatur, by so many (as we have mentioned): tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus, at so urgent a time as this, Cs.: hunc tam temere iudicare, Cs.: cum tam procul a finibus Macedoniae absint, L.: quam si explicavisset, non tam haesitaret, i. e. as he does.—Often with a pron demonstr.: haec mea oratio tam longa aut tam alte repetita: haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia, L.: quae est ista tam infesta ira? L.—Followed by a clause of result with ut, qui or quin (only with adjj. and advv.), so, so very: quae (maturitas) mihi tam iucunda est, ut quasi terram videre videar: ad eum pervenit tam opportuno tempore, ut simul, etc., Cs.—Usu. with a negative or in a question implying a negative: quis umquam praedo fuit tam nefarius, quis pirata tam barbarus ut, etc.: non se tam barbarum ut non sciret, etc., Cs.: nemo inventus est tam amens, qui illud argentum eriperet: quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista?: Numquam tam mane egredior... quin te... conspicer Fodere, T.: numquam tam male est Siculis quin aliquid facete et commode dicant.
    * * *
    so, so much (as); to such an extent/degree; nevertheless, all the same

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  • 15 ut-pote

        ut-pote adv.,    as is possible, as is natural, as is of course, as being, as, seeing that, inasmuch as, since (introducing a reason why the statement in the principal clause must needs be true): neque tamen Antonius procul aberat, utpote qui expeditus in fugā sequeretur, S.: ea nos, utpote qui nihil contemnere soleamus, non pertimescebamus: clamor Romanis auxit animum, utpote captā urbe, L.: Inde Rubos fessi pervenimus, utpote longum Carpentes iter, H.: Quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem, Utpote res tenues, tenui sermone peractas, H.

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  • 16 aphaeresis

    ăphaerĕsis, is, f., = aphairesis, a gram. fig., the dropping of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word (e. g. ruere for eruere, temnere for contemnere, etc.), Prob. p. 1438 P.; Don. p. 1772 ib.; Charis. p. 248 ib.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 546; 1, 669 al.

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  • 17 audeo

    audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

    ausit,

    Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

    * ausint,

    Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

    Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

    ut pessimum facinus auderent,

    Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

    ausum talia deposcunt,

    Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

    capitalem fraudem ausi,

    Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

    erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

    id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

    4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

    multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

    Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

    auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

    Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

    agenda res est audendaque,

    Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

    patroni necem,

    Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —
    (β).
    With inf. (the usual constr.;

    freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

    Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

    do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

    commovere me miser non audeo,

    I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

    Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

    nil jam muttire audeo,

    id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

    Lucr. 5, 196:

    auderent credere gentes,

    id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

    Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    imperatorem deposcere,

    id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

    qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

    quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

    Cat. 81, 6:

    refrenare licentiam,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

    vana contemnere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 9:

    mensuram prodere ausos,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

    non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

    Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—
    * (γ).
    With quin:

    ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    (Romani) audendo... magni facti,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

    Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

    Liv. 21, 40, 7:

    in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

    Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

    duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

    id. H. 4, 49:

    auctor ego audendi,

    Verg. A. 12, 159:

    Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

    hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,
    1.
    audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95:

    audentes deus ipse juvat,

    Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

    spes audentior,

    Val. Fl. 4, 284:

    nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

    Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

    audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

    Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

    circumsistere,

    id. H. 2, 78:

    inrupere,

    id. ib. 1, 79:

    agere fortius et audentius,

    id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—
    2.
    ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

    At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

    Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

    fortia ausa,

    id. ib. 9, 281:

    ingentibus annuat ausis,

    Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

    ausum improbum,

    Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.

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  • 18 contero

    con-tĕro, trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3, v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small pieces.
    I.
    Prop. (so freq. in medic. lang.):

    medium scillae cum aquā ad mellis crassitudinem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8:

    cornua cervi,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 60:

    horrendis infamia pabula sucis,

    id. M. 14, 44:

    radicem aridam in pulverem,

    Plin. 26, 11, 70, § 113:

    fracta, contrita,

    Lucr. 4, 697.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    II.
    Transf., to diminish by rubbing, to waste, destroy (cf.: conficio, consumo, etc.), to rub off, wear out.
    A.
    Of material objects:

    latera tua,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13:

    boves et vires agricolarum (followed by conficere),

    Lucr. 2, 1161; cf.:

    conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 91: superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1;

    humorously imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras,

    treat contemptuously, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34; and:

    conteris Tu tuā me oratione, mulier,

    you wear me out, id. Cist. 2, 3, 65 (cf. B. 1. b. infra):

    corpora ipsa ac manus silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera ac contumelias conterunt,

    Tac. Agr. 31:

    heri in tergo meo Tris facile corios contrivisti bubulos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11:

    Viam Sacram,

    to tread upon frequently, Prop. 2 (3), 23, 15: Paideian Kurou legendo, i. e. to wear out with reading, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1:

    supellectilem pluribus et diversis officiis,

    to wear out by use, Quint. 2, 4, 29.—In mal. part.:

    aliquas indigno quaestu, i. e. prostituere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44; cf.

    tero.—Prov.: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet,

    squander the greatest possible fortune, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68 Lorenz ad loc.—
    B.
    Of immaterial objects.
    1.
    Most freq. (like the simple verb) of time, to waste, consume, spend, pass, employ, in a good and bad sense (cf. Sall. C. 4, 1 Kritz); constr. with in and abl. or the abl. only, with dum, or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    aetatem in pistrino,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:

    vitam atque aetatem meam in quaerendo,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15:

    aetatem in litibus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    omne otiosum tempus in studiis,

    id. Lael. 27, 104:

    diem in eā arte,

    Prop. 2, 1, 46.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    totum hunc diem cursando atque ambulando,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17:

    majorem aevi partem somno,

    Lucr. 3, 1047:

    tempora spectaculis, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 12, 18:

    diei brevitatem conviviis, longitudinem noctis stupris et flagitiis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

    bonum otium socordiā atque desidiā,

    Sall. C. 4, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With dum:

    contrivi diem, Dum asto, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    vitae modum,

    Prop. 1, 7, 9.—
    b.
    Transf. to the person:

    se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometriā, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

    in medial form: cum in causis et in negotiis et in foro conteramur,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Caecin. 5, 14.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    operam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 54; cf.:

    operam frustra,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31:

    quae sunt horum temporum,

    to exhaust, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    ejus omnis gravissimas injurias quasi voluntariā oblivione,

    to obliterate from the memory, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: quam (dignitatem virtutis) reliquā ex collatione, facile est conterere atque contemnere, to tread under foot by comparison (opp. in caelum efferre), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.—Hence, contrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, common (mostly in Cic.):

    proverbium vetustate,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52:

    praecepta (connected with communia),

    id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

    contritum et contemptum praemium,

    id. Sest. 40, 86.

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  • 19 derideo

    dē-rīdĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to laugh at, laugh to scorn; to scoff at, deride (class.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54;

    so with contemnere,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 92 fin.:

    te,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 53:

    derisus a suis consiliariis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39 fin.:

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Bac. 3, 4, 7; 5, 2, 8; id. Men. 4, 2, 65; id. Ps. 4, 5, 8 al.:

    aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 263; id. A. P. 452; Juv. 2, 23:

    sabbata,

    Vulg. Thren. 1, 7 et saep.—Prov.: albis dentibus aliquem deridere; v. albus.—
    (β).
    Absol.: Ap. Age dic. Ep. At deridebitis, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 77:

    derides, in conversation,

    you mock me, are making game of me, id. Amph. 3, 3, 8; id. Bac. 4, 9, 87; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 42:

    derisum,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 21:

    deridet, cum sibi ipsum jubet satis dare Habonium,

    he is mocking, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146:

    Patronus despiciat, derideat,

    Quint. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. 11, 1, 21:

    quibus derisus Philippus,

    Just. 9, 2, 10.— P. a.: dērīsus, a, um, absurd, scorned; only sup.:

    senex derisissimus,

    Varr. Sat. Men. 11, 20.

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  • 20 fortis

    fortis (archaic form FORCTIS, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. sanates, p. 348 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 84; and perh. also in the form FORCTUS; v. id. s. v. horctum, p. 102; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 320, b), e, adj. [Sanscr. dhar-; v. forma, firmus], strong, powerful.
    I.
    Physically (rare;

    syn.: firmus, strenuus, incolumis, animosus): ecquid fortis visa est (mulier),

    powerful, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 13:

    set Bacchis etiam fortis tibi vissast?

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 38: sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectus quiescit, a powerful horse, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahl.); so,

    equus,

    Lucr. 3, 8; 764; 4, 987; Verg. A. 11, 705.— Poet. transf.:

    aquarum,

    Lucr. 6, 530:

    terrae pingue solum... Fortes invortant tauri,

    Verg. G. 1, 65:

    contingat modo te filiamque tuam fortes invenire,

    i. e. hearty, well, Plin. Ep. 4, 1 fin.; 4, 21, 4; 6, 4, 3:

    antecedebat testudo pedum LX., facta item ex fortissimis lignis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 4; so,

    ligna fortissima,

    Veg. 1, 24 fin.:

    invalidissimum urso caput, quod leoni fortissimum,

    Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

    fortiores stomachi,

    id. 32, 7, 26, § 80:

    plantae fortiores fient,

    Pall. Febr. 24, 7:

    fortiorem illum (pontem) tueri, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 2: castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    aratra,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    fortiora remedia,

    Tac. A. 1, 29:

    humeri,

    Val. Fl. 1, 434:

    vincula,

    Sen. Hippol. 34: sol (with medius), powerful, i. e. fierce, hot, id. Med. 588:

    fortiora ad hiemes frumenta, legumina in cibo,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:

    (vites) contra pruinas fortissimae,

    id. 14, 2, 4, § 23.—
    II.
    Mentally, strong, powerful, vigorous, firm, steadfast, stout, courageous, brave, manly, etc., answering to the Gr. andreios (very freq. in all periods and sorts of composition).
    A.
    Of human beings: fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis nec tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur;

    sed praesenti animo uti et consilio, nec a ratione discedere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    temperantia libidinem (aspernatur), ignaviam fortitudo: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    gladiatores fortes et animosos et se acriter ipsos morti offerentes servare cupimus,

    id. Mil. 34, 92:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 22:

    viri fortes et magnanimi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    vir fortis et acris animi magnique,

    id. Sest. 20, 45:

    boni et fortes et magno animo praediti,

    id. Rep. 1, 5; 1, 3:

    sapientissimi et fortissimi,

    id. ib. 2, 34:

    vir liber ac fortis,

    id. ib. 2, 19:

    horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3:

    fortissimus vir,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; 2, 33, 4;

    3, 20, 2: hunc liberta securi Divisit medium, fortissima Tyndaridarum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

    vis recte vivere? quis non? Si virtus hoc una potest dare, fortis omissis Hoc age deliciis,

    id. Ep 1, 6, 30:

    seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula,

    id. S. 2, 6, 69: cavit, ne umquam infamiae ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet, an honorable or worthy man, Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; cf.: FORCTIS frugi et bonus, sive validus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and:

    HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant,

    id. p. 102:

    ego hoc nequeo mirari satis, Eum sororem despondisse suam in tam fortem familiam... Familiam optimam occupavit,

    so respectable, honorable a family, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 9;

    (cf. bonus): vir ad pericula fortis,

    Cic. Font. 15, 33:

    nondum erant tam fortes ad sanguinem civilem,

    Liv. 7, 40, 2:

    vir contra audaciam fortissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85: vidi in dolore podagrae hospitem meum fortiorem, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 527, 33:

    imperator in proeliis strenuus et fortis,

    Quint. 12, 3, 5:

    virum fortem ac strenuum scio dixisse, etc.,

    Sall. C. 51, 16:

    si fortes fueritis in eo, quem nemo sit ausus defendere,

    if you had proceeded with vigor, energy, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 3.— Poet., with dat.:

    fugacibus,

    Ov. M. 10, 543; and with inf.:

    fortis et asperas Tractare serpentes,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 26:

    contemnere honores,

    id. S. 2, 7, 86:

    aurum spernere fortior Quam cogere,

    id. C. 3, 3, 50; Stat. Th. 10, 906.—Prov.:

    fortes fortuna adjuvat,

    fortune favors the brave, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 26; cf.:

    fortes enim non modo fortuna adjuvat, ut est in vetere proverbio, sed multo magis ratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: audendum est;

    fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus,

    Tib. 1, 2, 16: fortibus est fortuna viris data, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 262 ed. Vahl.;

    for which: audentes fortuna iuvat,

    Verg. A. 10, 284; and:

    audentes deus ipse juvat,

    Ov. M. 10, 586); cf. also elliptically: sedulo, inquam, faciam: sed fortuna fortes;

    quare conare, quaeso,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 16; id. Fam. 7, 25.—
    B.
    Of animals (rare):

    fortes ad opera boves,

    Col. 6, 1, 2:

    bestiae et fortiora animalia,

    Lact. 6, 10, 13.—
    C.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    ex quo fit, ut animosior senectus sit quam adolescentia et fortior,

    Cic. de Sen. 22, 72:

    fortibus oculis,

    with eyes sparkling with courage, id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    fortissimo et maximo animo ferre,

    id. Fam. 6, 13 fin.:

    animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 20:

    pectus,

    id. Epod. 1, 14; id. S. 2, 2, 136:

    fortissimo quodam animi impetu,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 31:

    acerrima et fortissima populi Romani libertatis recuperandae cupiditas,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:

    in re publica forte factum,

    id. Att. 8, 14, 2:

    ut nullum paulo fortius factum latere posset,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 8:

    fortia facta,

    Sall. C. 59, 6; id. J. 53, 8; Liv. 26, 39, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 38:

    opera,

    service, Liv. 40, 36, 11:

    consilia,

    id. 9, 11, 4; 25, 31, 6; Cic. Sest. 23, 57; Tac. H. 3, 67:

    solatia,

    id. A. 4, 8:

    nulla poterat esse fortior contra dolorem et mortem disciplina,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

    acerrimae ac fortissimae sententiae,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

    oratio fortis et virilis,

    id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.:

    genus dicendi forte, vehemens,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 32:

    non semper fortis oratio quaeritur, sed saepe placida, summissa, lenis,

    id. ib. 2, 43, 183:

    placidis miscentem fortia dictis,

    Ov. M. 4, 652:

    verba,

    Prop. 1, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: fortĭter.
    1.
    (Acc. to I.) Strongly, powerfully, vigorously (rare):

    astringere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

    verberare virgis uvas,

    Pall. Oct. 19.— Comp.:

    sublatis fortius manibus,

    Petr. 9:

    fortius attrahere lora,

    Ov. R. Am. 398:

    ardere,

    id. M. 6, 708.— Sup.:

    fortissime urgentes,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    rigorem fortissime servat ulmus,

    id. 16, 40, 77, § 210. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Strongly, powerfully, boldly, intrepidly, valiantly, bravely, manfully (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    quae (vincla, verbera, etc.) tulisse illum fortiter et patienter ferunt,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7; cf.:

    fortiter et sapienter ferre,

    id. Att. 14, 13, 3:

    fortiter excellenterque gesta,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 61:

    facere quippiam (with animose),

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 6:

    repudiare aliquid (with constanter),

    id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    bellum gerere,

    id. Fl. 39, 98; cf.:

    sustinere impetum hostium,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11, 4:

    perire,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 42:

    absumptis rebus maternis atque paternis,

    manfully made away with, id. Ep. 1, 15, 27.— Comp.:

    pugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

    evellere spinas animo an agro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4:

    et melius secat res,

    id. S. 1, 10, 15.— Sup.:

    Dolabella injuriam facere fortissime perseverat,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 31:

    restitit hosti,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5.

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  • Corporis exigui vires contemnere noli:… — См. Мал да удал …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam;… — См. Руку на себя наложить …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • contempteur — contempteur, trice [ kɔ̃tɑ̃ptɶr, tris ] n. • 1449; lat. contemptor ♦ Littér. Personne qui méprise, dénigre (qqn, qqch.). ⇒ 2. critique, dénigreur. Les contempteurs de la morale. ⊗ CONTR. Laudateur. ● contempteur, contemptrice nom (latin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contemptrice — ● contempteur, contemptrice nom (latin contemptor, de contemnere, mépriser) Littéraire. Personne qui dénigre quelqu un ou quelque chose : Les contempteurs des valeurs morales. ● contempteur, contemptrice (synonymes) nom (latin contemptor, de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contemner — ⇒CONTEMNER, verbe trans. Vx. Mépriser, exprimer son mépris pour (quelqu un). Synon. (partiel) dénigrer. Elle devient odieuse et contemne Dieu et les lois de la création (J. PÉLADAN, Le Vice suprême, 1884, p. 188). Je méprisais Mouron, je m… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contemptible — ⇒CONTEMPTIBLE, adj. Rare. Qui mérite le mépris, méprisable. Une offrande si contemptible (GIDE, Si le grain ne meurt, 1924, p. 611). Rem. Attesté ds Ac. 1798 1878 et, au XXe s., par Nouv. Lar. ill., Lar. 20e, QUILLET 1965. Prononc. et Orth.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • compte — Compte, m. penac. Le quayer où est la recepte et la mise, Accepti et expensi tabula, voyez Compter. Ratio. A ton compte, Vt rationem te dictare intelligo. Ce compte que nous venons de faire, est le compte de Grecin, Is calculus Grecini rationem… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Contemn — Con*temn (k[o^]n*t[e^]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} ( t[e^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} ( t[e^]m n[i^]ng or t[e^]m [i^]ng).] [L. contemnere, temptum; con + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Contemned — Contemn Con*temn (k[o^]n*t[e^]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} ( t[e^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} ( t[e^]m n[i^]ng or t[e^]m [i^]ng).] [L. contemnere, temptum; con + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Contemning — Contemn Con*temn (k[o^]n*t[e^]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} ( t[e^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} ( t[e^]m n[i^]ng or t[e^]m [i^]ng).] [L. contemnere, temptum; con + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Contempt — Con*tempt (k[o^]n*t[e^]mt ; 215), n. [L. contemptus, fr. contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See {Contemn}.] 1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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