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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 6 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• contemptible:
      1. 1. contemnendus: by no means c. speeches, orationes non c., Cic.: Plin. Simly., spernendus and other gerundives.
      2. 2. contemptus (like invictus for invincible): a c. and mean life, c. ac sordida vita, Cic.: c. to the army, c. exercitui, Tac.
      3. 3. despĭcātus: the passion of a most c. tribune, despicatissimi tribuni furor, Cic.
      4. 4. lĕvis, e (not so strong as the English): v. trifling.
      5. 5. abjectus: v. mean.
      6. 6. sordĭdus (prop. foul, dirty): that lowest and most c. of men, iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus, Cic. Phr.: to look c. in any one's eyes, alicui sordere, Liv.: Virg.: to look upon as c., contemptui habere, contemptum (part.) habere: v. contempt.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CONTEMPTIBLE
contemnendus (to be despised): contemptus: despectus (despised, SYN. in DESPISE): abjectus (worthless). (the words are found in this connection and order), contemptus et abjectus: vilis (mean; e.g., honour): [☞ not contemptilis, despicabilis, or aspernabilis]; contemptible in the eyes of all the rest, abjectus, or contemptus, or despectus a ceteris: a contemptible fellow, homo despicatissimus: homo contemptissimus, or contemptissimus et despectissimus: to become contemptible, in contemptionem venire or adduci: to render contemptible, contemptum or contemptionem afferre alicui: in contemptionem adducere aliquem: to render anybody contemptible in anybody’s eyes, afferre alicui contemptionem apud aliquem: to be contemptible, contemptui or despicatui (not despectui) esse.