look down upon, think slightly of
καταφρον-έω,
A. look down upon, think slightly of,τινος
Hdt. 4.134 , Th. 7.63 , etc.; τῶν παρόντων καταφρονῶν, τῶν ἀπόντων ἐπιθυμῶν
Lys. 12.78
; κ. τοῦ κινδύνου
Pl. Ap. 28c
; τῆς τέχνης
Id. Grg. 512c
, al.; καύματος καὶ ψύχους
Ephor. 149
J. ; κυνηγεσίων
X. Cyn. 1.18
; θεῶν
E. Ba. 199
, Antiph. 262 ; τῶν πτωχῶν
Men. 301.10
; οὐ δεῖ διαβολῆς κ.
Id. 88.1
.
2. c. acc.,regard slightly, despise, E. Ba. 503 ; τοὺς ἐπιόντας
Th. 6.34
:— Pass. ,to be despised, ὑπό τινων
Pl. R. 556d
; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονούμενοι
X. HG 7.4.30
:fut.- φρονηθήσομαι
Isoc. 6.95
, Aeschin. 1.176 : also in med. form - φρονήσομαι
Pl. Hp.Ma. 281c
:aor.-εφρονήθην
Isoc. 6.108 , Pl. Euthd. 273d .
3. abs.,to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, Th. 2.11 , Amphis 1.3 , Arist. Rh. 1378b15 ;τὸ -φρονοῦν contempt, D.H. 5.44 .
4. c.inf.,think contemptuously that . . , presume, καταφρονήσαντες Ἀρκάδων κρέσσονες εἶναι
Hdt. 1.66
; καταφρονοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι
Th. 3.83
: also c. acc., - φρονήσαντες ταῦτα
Hdt. 8.10
.
5. c. acc. et gen., like καταγιγνώσκω, κ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀδυνασίαν
Th. 8.8 .
II. c.acc.rei,fix one's thoughts upon, aim at, τὴν τυραννίδα
Hdt. 1.59
;τοὺς βύστακας μὴ καταφρόνει donotthink ofyour moustache,donotaim at havingone (because the Spartans had to shave the upper lip, cf.μύσταξ), Antiph. 44 .
III. come to one's senses, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 15 , Nat.Mul. 3 (prob.l.), Plu. 2.165f .
