contemni

contemni is a Latin form of contemno, meaning “despise, scorn”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 48 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.156: … o. scis Metellvm sapientem esse. hoc vero ferri iam non potest, inrideri viri optimi, L. Metelli, ingenium et contemni ac despici a fugitivo Timarchide. si volteivm habebis, omnia lvdibvndvs conficies. hic vehementer errat Timar …

Petronius, Satyricon 18: … hac medicina quam peto, iam parata erat in crastinum turba, quae et iniuriam meam vindicaret et dignitatem: “ Contemni turpe est, legem donare superbum; hoc amo, quod possum qua libet ire via. Nam sane et sapiens contemptus iurg …

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.