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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēspicārī			—			dēspicāns			—
future		dēspicātūrum esse			—			dēspicātūrus			dēspicandus
perfect		dēspicātum esse			—			dēspicātus			—
future perfect		dēspicātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		dēspicātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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