dēspiciō ēxī, ectus, ere de + specio, to look down upon: de vertice montis in vallīs, O.: colles, quā despici poterat, in the range of view, Cs.

— With acc, (some read dispicio in these passages): gentīs et urbīs: aethere summo mare, V.: omne nemus, O.

—Fig., to be inattentive, be off guard: simul atque ille despexerit.

—With acc, to look down upon, despise, disdain: omnīs: a populo R. despici: divitias: ignobilitatem Iugurthae, S.: despectā paucitate impetum faciunt, Cs.: neque ullum laborem despiciens, refusing, Cs.: Despectus tibi sum, V.: homines despecti: huic despecto saluti fuit, N.

—To disparage, express contempt for: Caesaris copias, Cs.