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dēspectĭo

dēspectĭo · f

a looking down upon

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What it meant

dēspectĭo — Lewis & Short

dēspectĭo, ōnis, f.despicio,

I a looking down upon; trop., a despising, contempt: humanarum opinionum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 288, 24: effundit despectionem super principes, Vulg. Job, 12, 21 al.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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