disdain (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dēdignor, 1 (chiefly poet., and with acc.)2. indignor, 1 (usu. denoting an indignant, angry feeling at something which has been or is being done)3. aspernor, 14. despĭcio, 35. fastīdio, 4 (to look with disgust and discontent upon)6. respuo, 3 • disdain (v.): 1. dēdignor, 1 (chiefly poet., and with acc.): whose wooing I have already so often d.'d, quos ego sum toties jam dedignata maritos, Virg.: Curt.: poet. with inf.: she d.'d not to fall at the knees of Jove, genibus procumbere non est dedignata Jovis, Ov.: 2. indignor, 1 (usu. denoting an indignant, angry feeling at something which has been or is being done): to d. to learn, discere ind., Quint.: Araxes d.ing to be bridged, pontem indignatus Araxes, Virg.: v. indignant, to be. 3. aspernor, 1: v. to spurn, slight, reject. 4. despĭcio, 3: v. TO LOOK DOWN UPON, despise. 5. fastīdio, 4 (to look with disgust and discontent upon): to d. all generals after Alexander, post Alexandrum omnes duces f., Just.: Quint.: rare with inf.: d. not to admit us into the number of the priests, ne fastidieris nos in sacerdotum numerum accipere, Liv. 6. respuo, 3: v. to reject. Phr.: I d. to lie, mentiri nescio, Juv.: thou d.est our gifts, sordent tibi munera nostra, Virg.: Pelides d.ing to yield, P. cedere nescius, Hor.: not d.ing to be called ..., patiens vocari, Hor.: to d. to touch the lute, barbiton tendere refugere, Hor.; who has sperno also with inf., Od. 1, 1, 20. (N.B. To d. to do a thing, may usu. be expr. by making the inf. a subs.: to d. to be instructed, doctrinam, magistros aspernari: to d. to tell a lie, nolle in se mendacia admittere; mendacia respuere: v. to scorn.)