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* sprētĭo, ōnis, f. [sperno], a despising, disdain, scorn, contempt: Romanorum, Liv. 40, 5 dub.; Ambros. Enarr. in Psa. 43, § 54.

sprētor, ōris, m. [sperno], a despiser, disdainer, scorner, contemner (poet. and very rare): deorum, Ov. M. 8, 613: morarum, Nemes. Cyn. 79: matronalium amplexuum, App. M. 3, p. 137, 39.

1. sprētus, a, um, Part. of sperno.

2. sprētus, ūs, m. [sperno], 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.