contemno
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtem.noː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛmnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtem.no/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛmno]
Verb
contemnō (present infinitive contemnere, perfect active contempsī, supine contemptum); third conjugation
- I scorn, despise
- I consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; I disregard, think little of
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References
- “contemno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contemno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contemno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.