desperno
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sperno: ĕre,
I v. a., to despise greatly, disdain: opes, Col. poët. 10, 298.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēspernō, ĕre, tr.; rejeter avec mépris : Col. Rust. 10, 298 ; P. Fest. 72, 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-sperno, ere, verschmähen, Col. poët. 10, 298. Iuvenc. 2, 255.
