contemnere

contemnere is a Latin form of contemno, meaning “despise, scorn”. It is the 2nd person singular future passive indicative or 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 119 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.55: res occultari satis non potuit; per quendam eorum qui interfuerant fit Epicrates certior. primo contemnere et neglegere coepit, quod causa prorsus quod disputari posset nihil habebat. deinde cum de Heraclio cogitaret …

Seneca the Younger, Medea 540: Contemnere animus regias, ut scis, opes

All forms of contemno (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.