despicatus
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēspĭcātus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from despicor.
dēspĭcātus: ūs, m. despicor,
I contempt (very rare, only in dat.): aliquem habere despicatui, to despise, * Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19: si quis despicatui ducitur, is despised, * Cic. Fl. 27, 65.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) dēspĭcātus,¹⁴ a, um, part. p. de despicor || adjt, méprisé : Pl. Cas. 189 ; despicatissimus Cic. Sest. 36.
(2) dēspīcātus, a, um, c. spicatus : Rufin. Aqu. Hist. eccl. 11, 24.
(3) dēspĭcātŭs,¹⁶ ūs, m. (despicor), [ne se trouve qu’au dat. sing.], mépris, dédain : habere aliquem despicatui Pl. Men. 693, mépriser qqn ; despicatui duci Cic. Fl. 65, être méprisé.
