contemnō, contemnere, contempsī, contemptum

Definitions for contemnere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to despise, scorn
English derivatives:
contemn contempt contemptible contemptuous

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To regard with contempt, look down on, take a poor view of, despise. (b) (refl.). (c) to treat with contempt in word or action, scorn, insult.
2
To treat as of no importance, pay no heed to, disregard. (b) (poet., of things).
3
To keep away from, avoid, have nothing to do with (a thing).

Sentences with contemnere

Latin to English

Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt.Compare On the very books in which philosophers tell us to despise fame, they inscribe their names.

Quisnam igitur liber? Sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus, quem neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent, responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores fortis, et in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundusCompare Who then is free? The wise man alone, who is a stern master to himself, whom neither poverty nor death nor bonds affright, who has the courage to say "no" again and again to desires, to despise the object of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.

Aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoque dignum finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis.Compare Have the courage, my guest, to despise possessions; train yourself, as he, to be worthy of godhead: don't be intolerant of poverty.

Contemno Catilina gladius, non pertimesco tuus.Compare I despised the swords of Catiline, I will not fear yours.

Is laudatio quum lego, quis philosophus non contemno?Compare When we read that eulogy, what philosopher do we not despise?

Parvus sum hic, sed parvus iste non contemno maiores noster magnus hic res facio.Compare These things are trifles, but by not despising such trifles our ancestors made this state very powerful.

Conjugation table for contemnere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
contemnō contemnis contemnit contemnimus contemnitis contemnunt	contemnēbam contemnēbās contemnēbat contemnēbāmus contemnēbātis contemnēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
contempsī contempsistī contempsit contempsimus contempsistis contempsērunt / contempsēre	contempseram contempserās contempserat contempserāmus contempserātis contempserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
contemnam contemnēs contemnet contemnēmus contemnētis contemnent	contempserō contempseris contempserit contempserimus contempseritis contempserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
contemnam contemnās contemnat contemnāmus contemnātis contemnant	contemnerem contemnerēs contemneret contemnerēmus contemnerētis contemnerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
contempserim contempseris contempserit contempserimus contempseritis contempserint	contempsissem contempsissēs contempsisset contempsissēmus contempsissētis contempsissent
Infinitive present contemnere Infinitive perfect contempsisse Infinitive future contemptūrum esse	Imperative present contemne contemnite Imperative future contemnitō contemnitō contemnitōte contemnuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
contemnor contemneris contemnitur contemnimur contemniminī contemnuntur	contemnēbar contemnēbāris / contemnēbāre contemnēbātur contemnēbāmur contemnēbāminī contemnēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
contemptus sum contemptus es contemptus est contemptī sumus contemptī estis contemptī sunt	contemptus eram contemptus erās contemptus erat contemptī erāmus contemptī erātis contemptī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
contemnar contemnēris / contemnēre contemnētur contemnēmur contemnēminī contemnentur	contemptus erō contemptus eris contemptus erit contemptī erimus contemptī eritis contemptī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
contemnar contemnāris / contemnāre contemnātur contemnāmur contemnāminī contemnantur	contemnerer contemnerēris / contemnerēre contemnerētur contemnerēmur contemnerēminī contemnerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
contemptus sim contemptus sīs contemptus sit contemptī sīmus contemptī sītis contemptī sint	contemptus essem contemptus essēs contemptus esset contemptī essēmus contemptī essētis contemptī essent
Infinitive present contemnī Infinitive perfect contemptum esse Infinitive future contemptum īrī	Imperative present contemnere contemniminī Imperative future contemnitor contemnitor - contemnuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	contemnēns	contemnentēs
Gen.	contemnentis	contemnentium
Dat.	contemnentī	contemnentibus
Acc.	contemnentem	contemnentēs
Abl.	contemnente	contemnentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	contemptūrus	contemptūrī
Gen.	contemptūrī	contemptūrōrum
Dat.	contemptūrō	contemptūrīs
Acc.	contemptūrum	contemptūrōs
Abl.	contemptūrō	contemptūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	contemptus	contemptī
Gen.	contemptī	contemptōrum
Dat.	contemptō	contemptīs
Acc.	contemptum	contemptōs
Abl.	contemptō	contemptīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	contemnendus	contemnendī
Gen.	contemnendī	contemnendōrum
Dat.	contemnendō	contemnendīs
Acc.	contemnendum	contemnendōs
Abl.	contemnendō	contemnendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	contemnere	contemptum
Gen.	contemnendī	contemptū
Dat.	contemnendō
Acc.	contemnendum
Abl.	contemnendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 255.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 426.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "contemnō, contemnere, contempsī, contemptum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 5, 2023. Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/contemno-contemnere-contempsi-contemptum.