despicatus

Latin

Etymology 1

From dēspicor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːs.piˈkaː.tus/, [d̪eːs̠pɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /des.piˈka.tus/, [d̪espiˈkäːt̪us]

Participle

dēspicātus (feminine dēspicāta, neuter dēspicātum, comparative dēspicātior, superlative dēspicātissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect active participle of dēspicor: in contempt, despised
   • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.2.17
   • 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 2.3.93
   • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.3.98
   • 56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Sestio 16

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēspicātus	dēspicāta	dēspicātum		dēspicātī	dēspicātae	dēspicāta
Genitive	dēspicātī	dēspicātae	dēspicātī		dēspicātōrum	dēspicātārum	dēspicātōrum
Dative	dēspicātō		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 (“despise, disdain”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːs.piˈkaː.tus/, [d̪eːs̠pɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /des.piˈka.tus/, [d̪espiˈkäːt̪us]

Noun

dēspicātus m (genitive dēspicātūs); fourth declension

1. (very rare) scorn, contempt

   Synonym: dēspicātiō (feminine)

   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 4.3.19
   • 59 BCE, Cicero, Pro Flacco 65

Inflection

• Only dative is known to occur.

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēspicātus	dēspicātūs
Genitive	dēspicātūs	dēspicātuum
Dative	dēspicātuī	dēspicātibus
Accusative	dēspicātum	dēspicātūs
Ablative	dēspicātū	dēspicātibus
Vocative	dēspicātus	dēspicātūs

Related terms

• dēspicātiō (feminine noun)
• dēspicābilis

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.