contemptio: contemptus: despicientia (a looking down with contempt upon anybody); (the words are found in this connection and order), contemptio et despicientia. spretio (a disdaining, Liv., 40, 5) [SYN. in DESPISE.] A proud contempt of others, fastidium: to fall into contempt, in contemptionem adduci (by anything, aliqua re); in contemptionem venire (with anybody, alicui): to be regarded with contempt, contemni (by anybody, ab aliquo): to be an object of contempt to anybody, contemptui or despicatui (not despectui) esse alicui: to draw contempt upon anybody, alicui contemptum or contemptionem afferre: with contempt, or in contempt, contemptim: cum contemptu: cum fastidio: to speak of anybody with contempt, contemptim loqui de aliquo: to look down upon anybody with contempt, despicere aliquem. Sometimes the participle contemnens may serve (e.g., transibat contemnens ossa, passed them by with contempt, Propert., 3, 1, extr.). “In contempt of anything,” by contemptus or neglectus in ablative absolute: he returned to Rome in contempt of all my entreaties, contemptis or neglectis precibus meis Romam rediit: one who shows contempt, contemptor: feminine contemptrix: spretor. Vid: CONTEMPTUOUSLY.