despicor

Latin

Etymology

From dēspiciō (“look down on”) +‎ -ō via an intermediate nominal.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːs.pi.kor/, [ˈd̪eːs̠pɪkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdes.pi.kor/, [ˈd̪ɛspikor]

Verb

dēspicor (present infinitive dēspicārī, perfect active dēspicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (rare) to despise, disdain

   Synonym: (common) dēspiciō

   • c. 300 CE – c. 350 CE, On Illustrious Men of the City of Rome 23.8

Inflection

Conjugation of dēspicor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspicor	dēspicāris, dēspicāre	dēspicātur	dēspicāmur	dēspicāminī	dēspicantur
	imperfect	dēspicābar	dēspicābāris, dēspicābāre	dēspicābātur	dēspicābāmur	dēspicābāminī	dēspicābantur
	future	dēspicābor	dēspicāberis, dēspicābere	dēspicābitur	dēspicābimur	dēspicābiminī	dēspicābuntur
	perfect	dēspicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēspicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēspicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspicer	dēspicēris, dēspicēre	dēspicētur	dēspicēmur	dēspicēminī	dēspicentur
	imperfect	dēspicārer	dēspicārēris, dēspicārēre	dēspicārētur	dēspicārēmur	dēspicārēminī	dēspicārentur
	perfect	dēspicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēspicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēspicāre	—	—	dēspicāminī	—
	future	—	dēspicātor	dēspicātor	—	—	dēspicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēspicārī	dēspicātum esse	dēspicātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dēspicāns	dēspicātus	dēspicātūrus	—	—	dēspicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēspicandī	dēspicandō	dēspicandum	dēspicandō	dēspicātum	dēspicātū

Derived terms

• dēspicātus (participle and noun)
• dēspicātiō (noun)
• dēspicābilis (adjective)

Related terms

• cōnspicor
• dēspicientia
• dēspicus
• speciō
• suspicor

 

References

• “despicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press