despectio

Latin

Etymology

From dēspiciō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēspectiō f (genitive dēspectiōnis); third declension

1. disdain
2. contempt

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēspectiō	dēspectiōnēs
genitive	dēspectiōnis	dēspectiōnum
dative	dēspectiōnī	dēspectiōnibus
accusative	dēspectiōnem	dēspectiōnēs
ablative	dēspectiōne	dēspectiōnibus
vocative	dēspectiō	dēspectiōnēs

Related terms

• dēspectō

References

• “despectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "despectio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “despectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.