spurn Copy link Outline 1. aspernor, 1 (to reject with contempt)2. respuo, i, 3 (similar to preced. though less strong)3. rĕpŭdio, 1 • spurn: 1. aspernor, 1 (to reject with contempt): to s. petitions, querimonias a., [contemnere, negligere], Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 113: to s. with a gesture, nutu a., Suet. Vesp. 8: acc. to same anal., to s. with the foot, *pedibus a. Join: oculis fugere, auribus respuere, animo aspernari, Cic. Pis. 20, 45. See also to despise. 2. respuo, i, 3 (similar to preced. though less strong): Caesar's edicts are s.'d (treated with contempt), Caesaris edicta respuuntur, Cic. Att. 7, 26: cf. id. Coel. 15, fin., calcitrat, respuit, non putat tua dona esse tanti: the ground will s. thy hateful corpse, respuet invisum cadaver humus, Ov. Ib. 166. 3. rĕpŭdio, 1: v. to reject.