despicio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ speciō.

Compare typologically Russian презира́ть (prezirátʹ) (akin to зреть (zretʹ), взор (vzor)).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēspiciō (present infinitive dēspicere, perfect active dēspexī, supine dēspectum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to look down upon
  2. to disdain or despise
  3. to look away, disregard

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: despire

See also

References

  • despicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • despicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • despicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to despise earthly things: res externas or humanas despicere