noun
sprētus
Meaning
- a despising
sprētus, ūs, m. sperno,
I. a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt (post-class. and very rare):
insolentissimo spretu deos neglegit, App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 3: spretui maximc est judiciis, Sid. Ep. 3, 14 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sprētus
P. of sperno.