spretio

ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sprētĭo: ōnis, f. sperno,
I a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt: Romanorum, Liv. 40, 5 dub.; Ambros. Enarr. in Psa. 43, § 54.