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καταφρονέω

καταφρονέω, καταφρονέω, despise, look down on (+ gen.) (verb)

καταφρον-έω,
  • look down upon, think slightly of, τινος Hdt. 4.134, Th. 7.63, etc.; τῶν παρόντων καταφρονῶν, τῶν ἀπόντων ἐπιθυμῶν Lys. 12.78; κ. τοῦ κινδύνου Pl. Ap. 28c; τῆς τέχνης Id. Grg. 512c, al.; καύματος καὶ ψύχους Ephor. 149 J.; κυνηγεσίων X. Cyn. 1.18; θεῶν E. Ba. 199, Antiph. 262; τῶν πτωχῶν Men. 301.10; οὐ δεῖ διαβολῆς κ. Id. 88.1.
      • 2 c. acc., regard slightly, despise, E. Ba. 503; τοὺς ἐπιόντας Th. 6.34:—Pass., to be despised, ὑπό τινων Pl. R. 556d; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονούμενοι X. HG 7.4.30: fut. -φρονηθήσομαι Isoc. 6.95, Aeschin. 1.176: also in med. form -φρονήσομαι Pl. Hp.Ma. 281c: aor. -εφρονήθην Isoc. 6.108, Pl. Euthd. 273d.
      • 3 abs., to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, Th. 2.11, Amphis 1.3, Arist. Rh. 1378b15; τὸ -φρονοῦν contempt, D.H. 5.44.
      • 4 c. inf., think contemptuously that . ., presume, καταφρονήσαντες Ἀρκάδων κρέσσονες εἶναι Hdt. 1.66; καταφρονοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι Th. 3.83: also c. acc., -φρονήσαντες ταῦτα Hdt. 8.10.
      • 5 c. acc. et gen., like καταγιγνώσκω, κ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀδυνασίαν Th. 8.8.
    • II c. acc. rei, fix oneʼs thoughts upon, aim at, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt. 1.59; τοὺς βύστακας μὴ καταφρόνει do not think of your moustache, do not aim at having one (because the Spartans had to shave the upper lip, cf. μύσταξ), Antiph. 44.
    • III come to oneʼs senses, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 15, Nat.Mul. 3 (prob.l.), Plu. Superst. 2.165f.

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