LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

vilipendō

vilipendō (present infinitive vilipendere, perfect active vilipependī, supine vilipēnsum)
Classical[wɪ.lɪˈpɛn.dɔ]Ecclesiastical[vi.liˈpɛn.do]

Meaning

  1. to despise, hold in low esteem, vilipend

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.vilipendōvilipendēbamvilipendampependīpependerampependerō
2nd sg.vilipendisvilipendēbāsvilipendēspependistīpependerāspependeris
3rd sg.vilipenditvilipendēbatvilipendetpependitpependeratpependerit
1st pl.vilipendimusvilipendēbāmusvilipendēmuspependimuspependerāmuspependerimus
2nd pl.vilipenditisvilipendēbātisvilipendētispependistispependerātispependeritis
3rd pl.vilipenduntvilipendēbantvilipendentpependērunt
pependēre
pependerantpependerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.vilipendamvilipenderempependerimpependissem
2nd sg.vilipendāsvilipenderēspependerīspependissēs
3rd sg.vilipendatvilipenderetpependeritpependisset
1st pl.vilipendāmusvilipenderēmuspependerīmuspependissēmus
2nd pl.vilipendātisvilipenderētispependerītispependissētis
3rd pl.vilipendantvilipenderentpependerintpependissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.vilipendorvilipendēbarvilipendar
2nd sg.vilipenderis
vilipendere
vilipendēbāris
vilipendēbāre
vilipendēris
vilipendēre
3rd sg.vilipenditurvilipendēbāturvilipendētur
1st pl.vilipendimurvilipendēbāmurvilipendēmur
2nd pl.vilipendiminīvilipendēbāminīvilipendēminī
3rd pl.vilipendunturvilipendēbanturvilipendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.vilipendarvilipenderer
2nd sg.vilipendāris
vilipendāre
vilipenderēris
vilipenderēre
3rd sg.vilipendāturvilipenderētur
1st pl.vilipendāmurvilipenderēmur
2nd pl.vilipendāminīvilipenderēminī
3rd pl.vilipendanturvilipenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.vilipendevilipendere
pres. 2nd pl.vilipenditevilipendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.vilipenditōvilipenditor
fut. 3rd sg.vilipenditōvilipenditor
fut. 2nd pl.vilipenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.vilipenduntōvilipenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivevilipenderevilipendī
perfect infinitivepependissepēnsum esse
future infinitivepēnsūrum essepēnsum īrī
present participlevilipendēns—
perfect participle—pēnsus
future participlepēnsūrusvilipendendus
vilipendundus
gerundvilipendendī, vilipendendō, vilipendendumsupinepēnsum, pēnsū

vīlĭpendo, ĕre, v. a. vilis-pendo,
I. to hold in slight esteem, to depreciate, despise, vilipend: aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin vilipendō From vīlis (“base, cheap”) + pendō (“to consider”).

Descendants
  • Catalanvilipendiar
  • Englishvilipend
  • Frenchvilipender
  • Italianvilipendere
  • Portuguesevilipendiar
  • Spanishvilipendiar
  • Galicianvilipendiar

In English words that came into English from vilipendō

  • vilipendvilipendō

Quick answers

What does vilipendō mean in Latin?
vilipendō, a verb, means “to despise, hold in low esteem, vilipend”.
What are the principal parts of vilipendō?
vilipendō, vilipendere, vilipependī, vilipēnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce vilipendō?
In classical Latin, [wɪ.lɪˈpɛn.dɔ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vi.liˈpɛn.do].