despecto
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēspecto: āre,
I v. intens. a. [id.], 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēspectō,¹³ āre, fréq. de despicio, regarder d’en haut : Ov. M. 4, 624 || dominer [en parl. d’un lieu élevé] : Virg. En. 7, 740 || regarder avec mépris, mépriser : Tac. Ann. 2, 43.
