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despectus

Part., from despicio

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Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k

What it meant

1. dēspectus — Lewis & Short

dēspectus, a, um,

Part., from despicio.

2. dēspectus — Lewis & Short

dēspectus, ūs, m.despicio.

I A looking down upon; hence, a view or prospect from an elevated place (repeatedly in Caes.; elsewh. rare; not in Cic.): erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3: in mare, id. ib. 3, 14 fin.: sub terras, Lucr. 4, 417: qua longe pelago despectus aperto, Stat. Th. 5, 351.—In plur., concr., points of view, heights: cum ex omnibus partibus altissimas rupes despectusque haberet (oppidum), Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3.—

II Transf. (only dat.), a spectacle, an object of contempt: despectui me habet, Vulg. Gen. 16, 5; id. 2 Esdr. 4, 4.—

B A despising, contempt: ludibrio et despectui esse oppositum, Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51.

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