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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + speciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēspiciō (present infinitive dēspicere, perfect active dēspexī, supine dēspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to look down upon
- to disdain or despise
- to look away, disregard
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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to despise earthly things: res externas or humanas despicere