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despecto

despecto, to look down upon

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

dēspectō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. a.: to look down upon, 1.396. (dēspiciō)

Could not find despectarentur in Logeion dictionaries.

despectarentur Verb: imperfect passive subjunctive 3rd plural of despecto

See despectarentur in Morpho

dēspecto, āre, v. intens. a. [despicio], to look down upon any thing from a height (perh. not ante-Aug.).
  • I Prop.: ex alto terras, Ov. M. 4, 624; so, terras, Verg. A. 1, 396: humum, Ov. M. 2, 710: aquas, id. ib. 15, 699: flammas, Verg. A. 10, 409: procul palantes animos, Ov. M. 15, 151 al.—
    • B Of a high place, to overlook or command: et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae, Verg. A. 7, 740; cf.: spectacula Tarpeium prope despectantia culmen, Calp. Ecl. 7, 24 (but in Liv. 36, 25, 3, the true reading is spectat).—
  • II Trop., to look down upon, to despise (used by Tac.): liberos infra, Tac. A. 2, 43: ne ut victi et ignavi despectarentur, id. H. 2, 30.

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