Interlingua edit

Noun edit

despecto (plural despectos)

  1. despite

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dēspiciō +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dēspectō (present infinitive dēspectāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to look over/down at from a height, survey
  2. (so used by Tacitus) to look down upon, despise

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dēspectō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēspectō dēspectās dēspectat dēspectāmus dēspectātis dēspectant
imperfect dēspectābam dēspectābās dēspectābat dēspectābāmus dēspectābātis dēspectābant
future dēspectābō dēspectābis dēspectābit dēspectābimus dēspectābitis dēspectābunt
passive present dēspector dēspectāris,
dēspectāre
dēspectātur dēspectāmur dēspectāminī dēspectantur
imperfect dēspectābar dēspectābāris,
dēspectābāre
dēspectābātur dēspectābāmur dēspectābāminī dēspectābantur
future dēspectābor dēspectāberis,
dēspectābere
dēspectābitur dēspectābimur dēspectābiminī dēspectābuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēspectem dēspectēs dēspectet dēspectēmus dēspectētis dēspectent
imperfect dēspectārem dēspectārēs dēspectāret dēspectārēmus dēspectārētis dēspectārent
passive present dēspecter dēspectēris,
dēspectēre
dēspectētur dēspectēmur dēspectēminī dēspectentur
imperfect dēspectārer dēspectārēris,
dēspectārēre
dēspectārētur dēspectārēmur dēspectārēminī dēspectārentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēspectā dēspectāte
future dēspectātō dēspectātō dēspectātōte dēspectantō
passive present dēspectāre dēspectāminī
future dēspectātor dēspectātor dēspectantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēspectāre dēspectārī
participles dēspectāns dēspectandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēspectandī dēspectandō dēspectandum dēspectandō

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: despitar
  • Italian: dispettare
  • Portuguese: despeitar
  • Spanish: despechar

See also edit

References edit

  • despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • despecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • despecto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016