despicatus
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
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.
