Meaning of despiciendus | Babel Free

Definitions

that which is “to be X-ed”, “deserving to be X-ed”, “fit to be X-ed”, “worth X-ing”... looked down upon, despised, disdained

declension-1, declension-2, participle

Examples

“‘haec loca dēsertās vīdī sine moenibus herbās: pāscēbat sparsās utrāque rīpā bovēs, et quem nunc gentēs Tiberim nōruntque timentque,”

“I saw these regions, forsaken grasslands, without city walls: And each river bank was pasture for scattered cattle; and [I], that Tiber which nations now know and fear, back then was fit to be looked down on even by livestock.” (Personified voice of the River Tiber; see also Tiber.)

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