LAT
despecto
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Lewis Short
dēspecto, āre
* V. intens. a. [id.], to look down upon any thing from a height (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Prop.: ex alto terras,Ov. M. 4, 624; so, terras,Verg. A. 1, 396: humum,Ov. M. 2, 710: aquas,id. ib. 15, 699: flammas,Verg. A. 10, 409: procul palantes animos,Ov. M. 15, 151 al.
* Of a high place, to overlook or command: et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae,Verg. A. 7, 740; cf.: spectacula Tarpeium prope despectantia culmen,Calp. Ecl. 7, 24 (but in Liv. 36, 25, 3, the true reading is spectat).
* Trop., to look down upon, to despise (used by Tac.): liberos infra,Tac. A. 2, 43: ne ut victi et ignavi despectarentur,id. H. 2, 30.
* V. intens. a. [id.], to look down upon any thing from a height (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Prop.: ex alto terras,Ov. M. 4, 624; so, terras,Verg. A. 1, 396: humum,Ov. M. 2, 710: aquas,id. ib. 15, 699: flammas,Verg. A. 10, 409: procul palantes animos,Ov. M. 15, 151 al.
* Of a high place, to overlook or command: et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae,Verg. A. 7, 740; cf.: spectacula Tarpeium prope despectantia culmen,Calp. Ecl. 7, 24 (but in Liv. 36, 25, 3, the true reading is spectat).
* Trop., to look down upon, to despise (used by Tac.): liberos infra,Tac. A. 2, 43: ne ut victi et ignavi despectarentur,id. H. 2, 30.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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