spernax
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spernax: ācis, adj. sperno,
I despising, showing contempt, contemptuous (post-Aug. and very rare): viri spernaces mortis, Sil. 8, 465: in admittendo consilio spernax, Sid. Ep. 4, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spernāx, ācis (sperno), qui méprise [avec le gén.] : Sil. 8, 463 || méprisant, dédaigneux : Sid. Ep. 4, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
spernāx, ācis (sperno), verachtend, Verachtung äußernd, mortis, Sil. 8, 463: in consilio admittendo, Sidon. epist. 4, 9, 4.
