Latin edit

Etymology edit

dēspicor +‎ -bilis

Adjective edit

dēspicābilis (neuter dēspicābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (Late Latin) contemptible, wretched, worthless
    • c. 580 CE, Gregory I, Moralia in Job 10.30:
      [] a cunctis vero despicabilis cernitur, et huius mundi gratia indignus aestimatur.
      [] but he is seen as wretched by all, and held unworthy of the regard of this world.

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēspicābilis dēspicābile dēspicābilēs dēspicābilia
Genitive dēspicābilis dēspicābilium
Dative dēspicābilī dēspicābilibus
Accusative dēspicābilem dēspicābile dēspicābilēs
dēspicābilīs
dēspicābilia
Ablative dēspicābilī dēspicābilibus
Vocative dēspicābilis dēspicābile dēspicābilēs dēspicābilia

Descendants edit

  • English: despicable

References edit