despecto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːsˈpek.toː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /desˈpek.to/, [d̪esˈpɛkt̪o]
Verb
dēspectō (present infinitive dēspectāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to look over/down at from a height, survey
- (so used by Tacitus) to look down upon, despise
Conjugation
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References
- “despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- despecto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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