despicio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ speciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈpi.ki.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈpɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [d̪esˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

dēspiciō (present infinitive dēspicere, perfect active dēspexī, supine dēspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to look down upon
2. to disdain or despise
3. to look away, disregard

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspiciō	dēspicis	dēspicit	dēspicimus	dēspicitis	dēspiciunt
	imperfect	dēspiciēbam	dēspiciēbās	dēspiciēbat	dēspiciēbāmus	dēspiciēbātis	dēspiciēbant
	future	dēspiciam	dēspiciēs	dēspiciet	dēspiciēmus	dēspiciētis	dēspicient
	perfect	dēspexī	dēspexistī	dēspexit	dēspeximus	dēspexistis	dēspexērunt, dēspexēre
	pluperfect	dēspexeram	dēspexerās	dēspexerat	dēspexerāmus	dēspexerātis	dēspexerant
	future perfect	dēspexerō	dēspexeris	dēspexerit	dēspexerimus	dēspexeritis	dēspexerint
passive	present	dēspicior	dēspiceris, dēspicere	dēspicitur	dēspicimur	dēspiciminī	dēspiciuntur
	imperfect	dēspiciēbar	dēspiciēbāris, dēspiciēbāre	dēspiciēbātur	dēspiciēbāmur	dēspiciēbāminī	dēspiciēbantur
	future	dēspiciar	dēspiciēris, dēspiciēre	dēspiciētur	dēspiciēmur	dēspiciēminī	dēspicientur
	perfect	dēspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēspiciam	dēspiciās	dēspiciat	dēspiciāmus	dēspiciātis	dēspiciant
	imperfect	dēspicerem	dēspicerēs	dēspiceret	dēspicerēmus	dēspicerētis	dēspicerent
	perfect	dēspexerim	dēspexerīs	dēspexerit	dēspexerīmus	dēspexerītis	dēspexerint
	pluperfect	dēspexissem	dēspexissēs	dēspexisset	dēspexissēmus	dēspexissētis	dēspexissent
passive	present	dēspiciar	dēspiciāris, dēspiciāre	dēspiciātur	dēspiciāmur	dēspiciāminī	dēspiciantur
	imperfect	dēspicerer	dēspicerēris, dēspicerēre	dēspicerētur	dēspicerēmur	dēspicerēminī	dēspicerentur
	perfect	dēspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēspice	—	—	dēspicite	—
	future	—	dēspicitō	dēspicitō	—	dēspicitōte	dēspiciuntō
passive	present	—	dēspicere	—	—	dēspiciminī	—
	future	—	dēspicitor	dēspicitor	—	—	dēspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēspicere	dēspexisse	dēspectūrum esse	dēspicī	dēspectum esse	dēspectum īrī
participles		dēspiciēns	—	dēspectūrus	—	dēspectus	dēspiciendus, dēspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēspiciendī	dēspiciendō	dēspiciendum	dēspiciendō	dēspectum	dēspectū

Derived terms

• dēspectus
• dēspectō

Descendants

• Old French: despire
  • → English: despise

See also

• dispiciō

References

• “despicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “despicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• despicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to despise earthly things: res externas or humanas despicere