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  • 1 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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  • 2 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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  • 3 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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  • 4 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

  • 5 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

  • 6 lacessō

        lacessō īvī, ītus, ere    [lacio (obsol.), 1 LAC-], to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, irritate: ferro virum: virum voce, V.: me amabis et scripto aliquo lacesses, i. e. force me to write in return: si non lacessisset prior, T.: hostīs proelio, i. e. assail, Cs.: te iniuriā: Saguntini nec lacessentes nec lacessiti, L.: leonem, H.: aera Sole lacessita (i. e. percussa radiis solis), struck with the sunbeams' glitter, V.: taurus ventos lacessit ictibus, tosses defiance, V.— To urge, arouse, excite, stimulate, shake, move: ad philosophas scriptiones: ad pugnam, L.: aurigae manibus lacessunt Pectora plausa cavis, pat their breasts, V.: bella, V.: deos (precibus), importune, H.: pelagus carinā, defy, H.— To call forth, arouse, produce: sermones: ferrum, V.
    * * *
    lacessere, lacessivi, lacessitus V
    provoke, excite, harass, challenge, harass; attack, assail

    Latin-English dictionary > lacessō

  • 7 respōnsō

        respōnsō —, —, āre, freq.    [respondeo], to return, answer, re-echo: exoritur clamor, ripaeque Responsant circa, re-echo, V.—Fig., to answer, agree: Ne gallina malum responset dura palato, H.— To answer, withstand, resist, defy: cupidinibus, H.: animus cenis opimis, H.
    * * *
    responsare, responsavi, responsatus V
    answer, reply (to); reecho

    Latin-English dictionary > respōnsō

  • 8 vocō

        vocō āvī, ātus, āre    [VOC-], to call, summon, invoke, call together, convoke: (patrem) blandā voce: hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat, Cs.: classico ad concilium milites ad tribunos, L.: patribus vocatis, V.: Fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis, H.: ut in senatum vocarentur qui, etc., L.: in contionem vocari placuit, L.— Poet.: Tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat voce, i. e. announces, V.: pugnas, i. e. declare war, V.— To call upon, invoke, appeal to: Voce vocans Hecaten, invoking, V.: ventis vocatis, V.: Auxilio deos, V.: vos (deos) in verba, as witnesses, O.: Quem vocet divōm populus, H.: votis imbrem, call down, V.: (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus, H.—In legal proceedings, to cite, summon: in ius: vocatus Ariston purgare sese, L.—As a guest, to bid, invite, ask: alqm ad cenam, T.: ad prandium volgo: Spatium Vocandi dabitur, i. e. for sending invitations, T.—To call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate: me ad vitam: quam in spem me.—To challenge, defy: centuriones hostīs, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt, Cs.: cum hinc Aetoli vocarent ad bellum, L.: cantu vocat in certamina divos, V.—To call by name, name, denominate, designate, entitle: urbem Romam, Enn. ap. C.: regem illum unum: ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus, L.: me miserum vocares, H.: patrioquo vocat de nomine mensem, names after, O.: se Quirinum vocari: Sive tu Lucina probas vocari, H.—To call, bring, draw, put, set, place: apud milites me in invidiam: in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt, succeeded to a share: me ad Democritum vocas, refer: eam (causam) in iudicium, bring to trial: quae fecisti, in iudicium voco, I call to account: sub iudicium singula verba, O.: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L.: Italiam ad exitium vocas, i.e. threaten with ruin.—Of things, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum, V.: Quāque vocant fluctūs, O.: Carthaginiensīs fessos nox ad quietem vocabat, L.: ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocari, Cs.
    * * *
    vocare, vocavi, vocatus V
    call, summon; name; call upon

    Latin-English dictionary > vocō

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