despecto

despecto

Interlingua

Noun

despecto (plural despectos)

  1. despite

Latin

Etymology

    From dēspiciō + -tō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēspectō (present infinitive dēspectāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

    1. to look over/down at from a height, survey
    2. (so used by Tacitus) to look down upon, despise

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: despitar
    • Italian: dispettare
    • Portuguese: despeitar
    • Spanish: despechar

    See also

    References

    • despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • despecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • despecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • despecto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016