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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
- to move aside, push away
- Synonyms: aufero, abduco, tollō, adimō, rapiō, ēripiō, dīripiō, arceo, excludo
- Antonyms: praefero, produco, affero, edo, profero, propono
- to sever, separate, remove
- Synonyms: separo, segrego, intersaepio, excludo, dīvertō, dirimō
- to despise, reject, scorn, spurn
- Synonyms: contemnō, detrectō, cavillor, abiciō, āspernor, trādūcō, neglegō
Conjugation
References
- “sperno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sperno in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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.