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despecto
despecto
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːsˈpek.toː/, [deːsˈpɛk.toː]
Verb
dēspectō (present infinitive dēspectāre, perfect active dēspectāvī, supine dēspectātus); first conjugation
- I look over/down at from a height, survey.
- (so used by Tacitus) I look down upon, despise.
Inflection
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: despitar
- Italian: dispettare
- Portuguese: despeitar
- Spanish: despechar
See also
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “despecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- despecto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016