sperno

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *spernō, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Compare Latin spurius, parcus, spargō, spurcus, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), English spurn, spread, spare.

Pronunciation

Verb

spernō (present infinitive spernere, perfect active sprēvī, supine sprētum); third conjugation

  1. to move aside, push away
    Synonyms: aufero, abduco, tollō, adimō, rapiō, ēripiō, dīripiō, arceo, excludo
    Antonyms: praefero, produco, affero, edo, profero, propono
  2. to sever, separate, remove
    Synonyms: separo, segrego, intersaepio, excludo, dīvertō, dirimō
  3. to despise, reject, scorn, spurn
    Synonyms: contemnō, detrectō, cavillor, abiciō, āspernor, trādūcō, neglegō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spernō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spernō spernis spernit spernimus spernitis spernunt
imperfect spernēbam spernēbās spernēbat spernēbāmus spernēbātis spernēbant
future spernam spernēs spernet spernēmus spernētis spernent
perfect sprēvī sprēvistī sprēvit sprēvimus sprēvistis sprēvērunt,
sprēvēre
pluperfect sprēveram sprēverās sprēverat sprēverāmus sprēverātis sprēverant
future perfect sprēverō sprēveris sprēverit sprēverimus sprēveritis sprēverint
passive present spernor sperneris,
spernere 		spernitur spernimur sperniminī spernuntur
imperfect spernēbar spernēbāris,
spernēbāre 		spernēbātur spernēbāmur spernēbāminī spernēbantur
future spernar spernēris,
spernēre 		spernētur spernēmur spernēminī spernentur
perfect sprētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sprētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sprētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spernam spernās spernat spernāmus spernātis spernant
imperfect spernerem spernerēs sperneret spernerēmus spernerētis spernerent
perfect sprēverim sprēverīs sprēverit sprēverīmus sprēverītis sprēverint
pluperfect sprēvissem sprēvissēs sprēvisset sprēvissēmus sprēvissētis sprēvissent
passive present spernar spernāris,
spernāre 		spernātur spernāmur spernāminī spernantur
imperfect spernerer spernerēris,
spernerēre 		spernerētur spernerēmur spernerēminī spernerentur
perfect sprētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sprētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sperne — — spernite —
future — spernitō spernitō — spernitōte spernuntō
passive present — spernere — — sperniminī —
future — spernitor spernitor — — spernuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present spernere spernī spernēns —
future sprētūrum esse sprētum īrī sprētūrus spernendus,
spernundus
perfect sprēvisse sprētum esse — sprētus
future perfect — sprētum fore — —
perfect potential sprētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spernendī spernendō spernendum spernendō sprētum sprētū

References

  • “sperno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sperno in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “sperno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sperno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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