despiciens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of dēspiciō.

Participle

dēspiciēns (genitive dēspicientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. looking down upon
2. despising

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēspiciēns			dēspicientēs	dēspicientia
genitive	dēspicientis			dēspicientium
dative	dēspicientī			dēspicientibus
accusative	dēspicientem	dēspiciēns		dēspicientēs dēspicientīs	dēspicientia
ablative	dēspiciente dēspicientī1			dēspicientibus
vocative	dēspiciēns			dēspicientēs	dēspicientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “despiciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers