καταφρον-έω (kataphroneo)

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What it meant

καταφρον-έω · kataphron-eō — LSJ

look down upon, think slightly of

look down upon, think slightly of, τινος Hdt. 4.134, Th. 7.63, etc.; τῶν παρόντων καταφρονῶν, τῶν ἀπόντων ἐπιθυμῶν Lys. 12.78; κ. τοῦ κινδύνου Pl. Ap. 28c; τῆς τέχνης Id. Grg. 512c, al.; καύματος καὶ ψύχους Ephor. 149 J.; κυνηγεσίων X. Cyn. 1.18; θεῶν E. Ba. 199, Antiph. 262; τῶν πτωχῶν Men. 301.10; οὐ δεῖ διαβολῆς κ. Id. 88.1.

2 regard slightly, despise, to be despised

c. acc., regard slightly, despise, E. Ba. 503; τοὺς ἐπιόντας Th. 6.34:—Pass., to be despised, ὑπό τινων Pl. R. 556d; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονούμενοι X. HG 7.4.30: fut. -φρονηθήσομαι Isoc. 6.95, Aeschin. 1.176: also in med. form -φρονήσομαι Pl. Hp.Ma. 281c: aor. -εφρονήθην Isoc. 6.108, Pl. Euthd. 273d.

3 to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, contempt

abs., to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, Th. 2.11, Amphis 1.3, Arist. Rh. 1378b15; τὸ -φρονοῦν contempt, D.H. 5.44.

4 think contemptuously that . . , presume

c. inf., think contemptuously that . . , presume, καταφρονήσαντες Ἀρκάδων κρέσσονες εἶναι Hdt. 1.66; καταφρονοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι Th. 3.83: also c. acc., -φρονήσαντες ταῦτα Hdt. 8.10.

5

c. acc. et gen., like καταγιγνώσκω, κ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀδυνασίαν Th. 8.8.

II fix oneʼs thoughts upon, aim at, do, think of, do, aim at having

c. acc. rei, fix oneʼs thoughts upon, aim at, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt. 1.59; τοὺς βύστακας μὴ καταφρόνει do not think of your moustache, do not aim at having one (because the Spartans had to shave the upper lip, cf. μύσταξ), Antiph. 44.

III come to oneʼs senses

come to oneʼs senses, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 15, Nat.Mul. 3 (prob.l.), Plu. Superst. 2.165f.

In the wild

καταφρονῆσαι · kataphronēsai Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 1)
καταφρονηθῇ · kataphronēthēi Aristotle, Economics 1352a (DIORISIS sentence 325)
καταφρονεῖν · kataphronein Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1104b (DIORISIS sentence 414)
καταφρονοῦσιν · kataphronousin Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1313)
καταφρονεῖ · kataphronei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1316)
καταφρονοῦσι · kataphronousi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1315)

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Where it came from

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