despicatus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːs.pɪˈkaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [des.piˈkaː.tus]
Etymology 1
Perfect active participle of dēspicor.
Participle
dēspicātus (feminine dēspicāta, neuter dēspicātum, comparative dēspicātior, superlative dēspicātissimus); first/second-declension participle
- having contempted, despised
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēspicātus | dēspicāta | dēspicātum | dēspicātī | dēspicātae | dēspicāta | |
| genitive | dēspicātī | dēspicātae | dēspicātī | dēspicātōrum | dēspicātārum | dēspicātōrum | |
| dative | dēspicātō | dēspicātae | dēspicātō | dēspicātīs | |||
| accusative | dēspicātum | dēspicātam | dēspicātum | dēspicātōs | dēspicātās | dēspicāta | |
| ablative | dēspicātō | dēspicātā | dēspicātō | dēspicātīs | |||
| vocative | dēspicāte | dēspicāta | dēspicātum | dēspicātī | dēspicātae | dēspicāta | |
Etymology 2
From dēspicor (“to despise, disdain”) + -tus (action noun suffix).
Noun
dēspicātus m (genitive dēspicātūs); fourth declension
- (very rare) scorn, contempt
- Synonym: dēspicātiō
Usage notes
- Only classically attested in the dative singular.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēspicātus | dēspicātūs |
| genitive | dēspicātūs | dēspicātuum |
| dative | dēspicātuī | dēspicātibus |
| accusative | dēspicātum | dēspicātūs |
| ablative | dēspicātū | dēspicātibus |
| vocative | dēspicātus | dēspicātūs |
Related terms
References
- “despicatus (participle)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despicatus (noun)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “despicatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.