contemno
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Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtem.noː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛmnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtem.no/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛmno]
Verb
[edit]contemnō (present infinitive contemnere, perfect active contempsī, supine contemptum); third conjugation
- to scorn, despise
- to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregard, think little of
- to humble
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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.