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despectus
despectus
Latin
Participle
dēspectus m (feminine dēspecta, neuter dēspectum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēspectus | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta | |
| genitive | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspectī | dēspectōrum | dēspectārum | dēspectōrum | |
| dative | dēspectō | dēspectō | dēspectīs | ||||
| accusative | dēspectum | dēspectam | dēspectum | dēspectōs | dēspectās | dēspecta | |
| ablative | dēspectō | dēspectā | dēspectō | dēspectīs | |||
| vocative | dēspecte | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta | |
Descendants
- Italian: dispetto
Related terms
Noun
dēspectus m (genitive dēspectūs); fourth declension
- a prospect, panorama (view from above)
- a looking down upon; a view
- a spectacle (object of contempt)
- a despising, contempt
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
| genitive | dēspectūs | dēspectuum |
| dative | dēspectuī | dēspectibus |
| accusative | dēspectum | dēspectūs |
| ablative | dēspectū | dēspectibus |
| vocative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
Descendants
References
- despectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- despectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “despectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.