DESPICITIS, despicitis
Sounds Like: des-PI-ki-tis
Translations: you despise, you look down on, you scorn
From the root: DESPICIO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to look down on', 'to despise', or 'to scorn'. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'de-' (down, away) and the verb 'specio' (to look, to see). In this form, 'despicitis' indicates an action performed by 'you' (plural). It is used to describe the act of regarding someone or something as worthless or contemptible.
Inflection: Second Person, Plural, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 10 — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DESPICIO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- DESPICIENS — despising, looking down upon, scorning, disdaining, one who despises, a despiser
- DESPICIENTES — despising, looking down upon, scorning, disdaining
- DESPICIO — to look down upon, to despise, to disdain, to scorn, to contemn, to look down from, to look down on
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