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1 dēprimō
dēprimō pressī, pressus, ere [de + premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, depress: terram: ad mentum depresso supercilio: depresso aratro, V.— To sink (in water): partem navium, Cs.: carinam, O.: classis depressa.—Fig., to press down, depress, overwhelm: improbitate depressa veritas emergit: alium, L.: hostem, L.: preces, to silence, N.— To depreciate, disparage: meam fortunam.* * *deprimere, depressi, depressus V TRANSsuppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color) -
2 obtrectō
obtrectō āvī, ātus, āre [ob+tracto], to detract from, belittle, disparage, underrate, decry: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono: alteri: gloriae suae, L.: curam, carp at, Ph.: eius laudes, L.: obtrec<*>arunt inter se, decried one another, N.* * *obtrectare, obtrectavi, obtrectatus Vdetract from; disparage, belittle -
3 vituperō
vituperō āvī, —, āre [vitium+1 PAR-], to inflict censure, find fault with, blame, censure, reproach, disparage, vituperate: notare ac vituperare: multimodis cum istoc animo es vituperandus, T.: si quis universam (philosophiam) velit vituperare: (Rhodiorum res p.) minime quidem vituperanda.—Prov.: qui caelum vituperant, find fault with heaven itself, Ph.* * *vituperare, vituperavi, vituperatus Vfind fault with, blame, reproach, disparage, scold, censure -
4 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. -
5 dēspiciō
dēspiciō ēxī, ectus, ere [de + specio], to look down upon: de vertice montis in vallīs, O.: colles, quā despici poterat, in the range of view, Cs.— With acc, (some read dispicio in these passages): gentīs et urbīs: aethere summo mare, V.: omne nemus, O.—Fig., to be inattentive, be off guard: simul atque ille despexerit.—With acc, to look down upon, despise, disdain: omnīs: a populo R. despici: divitias: ignobilitatem Iugurthae, S.: despectā paucitate impetum faciunt, Cs.: neque ullum laborem despiciens, refusing, Cs.: Despectus tibi sum, V.: homines despecti: huic despecto saluti fuit, N.— To disparage, express contempt for: Caesaris copias, Cs.* * *despicere, despexi, despectus Vlook down on/over; relax attention; disdain, despise; express contempt for -
6 dētrāctō
dētrāctō see dētrectō.* * *detractare, detractavi, detractatus V TRANSrefuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from -
7 dē-trahō
dē-trahō trāxī, trāctus, ere, to draw off, take down, pull down, take away, remove, withdraw, drag, bring: soccos detrahunt (servi), T.: detractis insignibus imperatoris, Cs.: vestem: pellem, H.: alquem in iudicium: ducem ad certamen, L.: de digito anulum, T.: de his (mulis) stramenta, Cs.: Hannibalem ex Italiā, L.: vestem tibi, T.: anulos liberis suis: illi coronam, H.: me mihi, O.: tegumenta scutis, Cs.: frenos equis, L.: altā ilice virgam, O.—To remove, withdraw, take away, deprive, strip, rob: detractis cohortibus duabus, Cs.: eidem Armeniam: illi Haerentem capiti coronam, H.: animis errorem, O.: ex tertiā acie singulas cohortīs, Cs.: ut (remigum) pars ab nostris detraheretur, i. e. from the ships, Cs.: aliquid ab homine. —Fig., to pull down, drag down, lower: conlegam de caelo: regum maiestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium, L.—To withhold, divert: tantum tempus ex re militari.—To lower in estimation, disparage, detract: detrahendae dignitatis gratiā: de se: de absentibus detrahendi causā dicitur: de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo: quod tibi ille detrahit: multum ei detraxit, quod, etc., N. -
8 dētrectō or dē-trāctō
dētrectō or dē-trāctō avī, ātus, āre, to decline, refuse, reject, shirk: militiam, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: certamen, L.: iuga, V.: vincla pedum, Tb.: alcuius iussa, Ta.: num consulto detrectarent, L. —Fig., to lower in estimation, depreciate, disparage: bonos, S.: virtutes, L.: bene facta maligne, O. -
9 ē-levō
ē-levō —, ātus, āre, to lift up, raise: contabulationem, Cs.—Poet.: aura elevat preces, carries away, Pr. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate: aegritudinem.—To make light of, lessen, diminish, impair, trifle with, disparage, detract from: causas offensionum: quod esset ab eo obiectum: res gestas, L.: aegritudinem: alqm: elevabatur index indiciumque, L. -
10 fingō
fingō finxī, fictus, ere [FIG-], to touch, handle, stroke, touch gently: corpora linguā, V.: manūs manibus, O.— To form, fashion, frame, shape, mould, model, make: hominem: ab aliquo deo <*>cti: alqd e cerā: homullus ex argillā fictus: pocula de humo, O.: fingendi ars, statuary: imagines marmore, Ta.— To set to rights, arrange, adorn, dress, trim: crinem, V.: fingi curā mulierum, Ph.: vitem putando, V.—Of the countenance, to alter, change, put on, feign: voltum, Cs.: voltūs hominum fingit scelus, i. e. makes men change countenance, T.—Fig., to form, fashion, make, mould, give character to, compose: animos: ex alquā re me, shape my course: ea (verba) sicut ceram ad nostrum arbitrium: voltum, compose, O.: lingua wocem fingit, forms: Carmina, H.: finxit te natura ad virtutes magnum hominem: me pusilli animi, H.: mea minora, i. e. disparage, H.— To form by instruction, instruct, teach, train: mire filium, i. e. cause to play his part, T.: voce paternā Fingeris ad rectum, H.: equum docilem Ire viam, H.— To form mentally, represent in thought, imagine, conceive, think, suppose, express, sketch out: animis imaginem condicionis meae: ex suā naturā ceteros, conceive: utilitatum causā amicitias: in summo oratore fingendo, depicting: ex suā naturā ceteros, judge: me astutiorem: ne finge, do not think it, V.: finge, aliquem nunc fieri sapientem, suppose: interfecti aliqui sunt, finge a nobis, assume, L.— To contrive, devise, invent, feign, pretend: fallacias, T.: causas ne det, T.: verba, i. e. talk deceitfully, S.: (crimina) in istum: non visa, H.: dolorem in hoc casu, Iu.: malum civem Roscium fuisse.* * *Ifingere, finxi, fictus V TRANSmold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearence/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerelyIIfingere, fixi, finctus V TRANSmold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearence/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely -
11 per-vellō
per-vellō vellī, —, ere, to pull, twitch: aurem, Ph.—To excite, sharpen: stomachum, H.—Fig., to twitch, pinch, hurt: fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit.—To revile, disparage: ius civile. -
12 premō
premō essī, essus, ere [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.* * *premere, pressi, pressus Vpress, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm -
13 rōdō
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14 dehonesto
dehonestare, dehonestavi, dehonestatus V TRANSdishonor, discredit, disgrace; disparage (L+S) -
15 derogo
derogare, derogavi, derogatus Vsubtract/remove/diminish/detract; disparage; repeal/set aside/modify (law) -
16 detrecto
detrectare, detrectavi, detrectatus V TRANSrefuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from -
17 deturpo
deturpare, deturpavi, deturpatus V TRANSdisfigure, ruin appearence of; discredit; disparage; defile -
18 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:(β).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. —With inf.:(γ).non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —Absol.:(δ).ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—In part. fut. pass.:b.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.—Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:B.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.—With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:(β).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.—Absol.:b.quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—In part. fut. pass.:II.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.—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). -
19 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:(β).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. —With inf.:(γ).non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —Absol.:(δ).ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—In part. fut. pass.:b.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.—Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:B.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.—With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:(β).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.—Absol.:b.quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—In part. fut. pass.:II.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.—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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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:(β).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. —With inf.:(γ).non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —Absol.:(δ).ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—In part. fut. pass.:b.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.—Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:B.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.—With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:(β).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.—Absol.:b.quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—In part. fut. pass.:II.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.—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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