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|lshtext=<b>dēspectus</b>: a, um, Part., from [[despicio]].<br /><b>dēspectus</b>: ūs, m. [[despicio]].<br /><b>I</b> A looking [[down]] [[upon]]; [[hence]], a [[view]] or [[prospect]] from an [[elevated]] [[place]] ([[repeatedly]] in Caes.; elsewh. [[rare]]; not in Cic.): erat ex [[oppido]] [[Alesia]] [[despectus]] in campum, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3: in [[mare]], id. ib. 3, 14 fin.: sub terras, Lucr. 4, 417: [[qua]] [[longe]] pelago [[despectus]] [[aperto]], Stat. Th. 5, 351.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, concr., points of [[view]], heights: cum ex omnibus partibus altissimas [[rupes]] despectusque haberet ([[oppidum]]), Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. ([[only]] dat.), a [[spectacle]], an [[object]] of [[contempt]]: despectui me habet, Vulg. Gen. 16, 5; id. 2 Esdr. 4, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A despising, [[contempt]]: ludibrio et despectui esse oppositum, Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51.