desperno

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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.