despectus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of dēspiciō.
Participle
[edit]dēspectus (feminine dēspecta, neuter dēspectum, superlative dēspectissimus); first/second-declension participle
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | dēspectus | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta | |
genitive | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspectī | dēspectōrum | dēspectārum | dēspectōrum | |
dative | dēspectō | dēspectae | dēspectō | dēspectīs | |||
accusative | dēspectum | dēspectam | dēspectum | dēspectōs | dēspectās | dēspecta | |
ablative | dēspectō | dēspectā | dēspectō | dēspectīs | |||
vocative | dēspecte | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
genitive | dēspectūs | dēspectuum |
dative | dēspectuī | dēspectibus |
accusative | dēspectum | dēspectūs |
ablative | dēspectū | dēspectibus |
vocative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
- despectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.