English → Latin
“contemptible” in Latin
contemnōto scorn, despise, show contempt; to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregardēspiciōto look down upon; to disdain or despise; to look away, disregardabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, redvīlischeap, inexpensive; base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltry
The English word contemptible itself goes back to Latin contemnō, through contemptibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
contemptible
contemnendus (to be despised): contemptus: despectus (despised, SYN. in DESPISE): abjectus (worthless). (the words are found in this connection and order), contemptus et abjectus: vilis (mean; e.g., honour): [☞ not contemptilis, despicabilis, or aspernabilis]; contemptible in the eyes of all the rest, abjectus, or contemptus, or despectus a ceteris: a contemptible fellow, homo despicatissimus: homo contemptissimus, or contemptissimus et despectissimus: to become contemptible, in contemptionem venire or adduci: to render contemptible, contemptum or contemptionem afferre alicui: in contemptionem adducere aliquem: to render anybody contemptible in anybody’s eyes, afferre alicui contemptionem apud aliquem: to be contemptible, contemptui or despicatui (not despectui) esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for contemptible?
- The usual Latin words for “contemptible” are contemnō, dēspiciō, abiciō; also vīlis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.