despicio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin dēspiciō

From dē- + speciō. Compare typologically Russian презира́ть (prezirátʹ) (akin to зреть (zretʹ), взор (vzor)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːsˈpɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [desˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēspiciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēspiciō		dēspicis		dēspicit		dēspicimus		dēspicitis		dēspiciunt
	imperfect	dēspiciēbam		dēspiciēbās		dēspiciēbat		dēspiciēbāmus		dēspiciēbātis		dēspiciēbant
	future	dēspiciam		dēspiciēs		dēspiciet		dēspiciēmus		dēspiciētis		dēspicient
	perfect	dēspexī		dēspexistī		dēspexit		dēspeximus		dēspexistis		dēspexērunt, dēspexēre
	pluperfect	dēspexeram		dēspexerās		dēspexerat		dēspexerāmus		dēspexerātis		dēspexerant
	future perfect	dēspexerō		dēspexeris		dēspexerit		dēspexerimus		dēspexeritis		dēspexerint
passive	present	dēspicior		dēspiceris, dēspicere		dēspicitur		dēspicimur		dēspiciminī		dēspiciuntur
	imperfect	dēspiciēbar		dēspiciēbāris, dēspiciēbāre		dēspiciēbātur		dēspiciēbāmur		dēspiciēbāminī		dēspiciēbantur
	future	dēspiciar		dēspiciēris, dēspiciēre		dēspiciētur		dēspiciēmur		dēspiciēminī		dēspicientur
	perfect	dēspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēspiciam		dēspiciās		dēspiciat		dēspiciāmus		dēspiciātis		dēspiciant
	imperfect	dēspicerem		dēspicerēs		dēspiceret		dēspicerēmus		dēspicerētis		dēspicerent
	perfect	dēspexerim		dēspexerīs		dēspexerit		dēspexerīmus		dēspexerītis		dēspexerint
	pluperfect	dēspexissem		dēspexissēs		dēspexisset		dēspexissēmus		dēspexissētis		dēspexissent
passive	present	dēspiciar		dēspiciāris, dēspiciāre		dēspiciātur		dēspiciāmur		dēspiciāminī		dēspiciantur
	imperfect	dēspicerer		dēspicerēris, dēspicerēre		dēspicerētur		dēspicerēmur		dēspicerēminī		dēspicerentur
	perfect	dēspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēspice		—		—		dēspicite		—
	future	—		dēspicitō		dēspicitō		—		dēspicitōte		dēspiciuntō
passive	present	—		dēspicere		—		—		dēspiciminī		—
	future	—		dēspicitor		dēspicitor		—		—		dēspiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēspicere			dēspicī			dēspiciēns			—
future		dēspectūrum esse			dēspectum īrī			dēspectūrus			dēspiciendus, dēspiciundus
perfect		dēspexisse			dēspectum esse			—			dēspectus
future perfect		—			dēspectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēspectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēspiciendī		dēspiciendō		dēspiciendum		dēspiciendō		dēspectum		dēspectū

Derived terms

• dēspectus
• dēspectō

Descendants

• Old French: despire
  • → English: despise, despite

See also

• dispiciō

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