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dēspectus (noun M) : despicio.
* A looking down upon; hence, a view or prospect from an elevated place (repeatedly in Caes.; elsewh. rare; not in Cic.): erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum,Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3: in mare,id. ib. 3, 14 fin.: sub terras,Lucr. 4, 417: qua longe pelago despectus aperto,Stat. Th. 5, 351.—In plur., concr., points of view, heights: cum ex omnibus partibus altissimas rupes despectusque haberet (oppidum),Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3.
* Transf. (only dat.), a spectacle, an object of contempt: despectui me habet,Vulg. Gen. 16, 5; id. 2 Esdr. 4, 4.
* A despising, contempt: ludibrio et despectui esse oppositum,Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

Lewis Short

dēspectus, a, um, Part., from despicio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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