despectus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of dēspiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈpɛk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [desˈpɛk.tus]
Participle
dēspectus (feminine dēspecta, neuter dēspectum, superlative dēspectissimus); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēspectus | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta | |
| genitive | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspectī | dēspectōrum | dēspectārum | dēspectōrum | |
| dative | dēspectō | dēspectae | dēspectō | dēspectīs | |||
| accusative | dēspectum | dēspectam | dēspectum | dēspectōs | dēspectās | dēspecta | |
| ablative | dēspectō | dēspectā | dēspectō | dēspectīs | |||
| vocative | dēspecte | dēspecta | dēspectum | dēspectī | dēspectae | dēspecta | |
Related terms
- dēspectō
- dēspectīvus
Descendants
Etymology 2
From dēspiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Pronunciation
- dēspectus:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈpɛk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [desˈpɛk.tus]
- dēspectūs:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈpɛk.tuːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [desˈpɛk.tus]
Noun
dēspectus m (genitive dēspectūs); fourth declension
- a prospect, panorama (view from above)
- a looking down upon; a view
- a spectacle (object of contempt)
- a despising, contempt
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
| genitive | dēspectūs | dēspectuum |
| dative | dēspectuī | dēspectibus |
| accusative | dēspectum | dēspectūs |
| ablative | dēspectū | dēspectibus |
| vocative | dēspectus | dēspectūs |
Descendants
References
- “dēspectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dēspectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dēspectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dēspectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dēspectus / dēspectŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.