περιφρονέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[compass in thought]], [[speculate about]], τὸν ἥλιον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 225</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ πράγματα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">741</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[contemn]], [[despise]], τινας <span class="bibl">Th.1.25</span>; τὰ δαιμόνια <span class="bibl">D.H.1.71</span>, etc.: c. gen., τοῦ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>372b</span>; τοῦ πιθανοῦ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>1</span>, cf. Ael.<span class="title">Tact. Praef.</span>3, etc.: metaph., of diseases or difficult patients, [[defy]] remedies, Alex. Trall.<span class="bibl">1.15</span>, Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.6.8</span>:— Pass., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>4.5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> intr., to [[be very thoughtful]], οὐ περιφρονοῦσα ἡλικία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>365b</span> (s.v.l.).</span>