καταφρον-έω,
look down upon, think slightly of, τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.63, etc.; τῶν παρόντων καταφρονῶν, τῶν ἀπόντων ἐπιθυμῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.78; κ. τοῦ κινδύνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28c; τῆς τέχνης [prev. author] “Grg.” 512c, +others; καύματος καὶ ψύχους 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 149 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; κυνηγεσίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.18; θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 199, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 262; τῶν πτωχῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 301.10; οὐ δεῖ διαβολῆς κ. [prev. author] 88.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, regard slightly, despise, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 503; τοὺς ἐπιόντας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be despised, ὑπό τινων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556d; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονούμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future - φρονηθήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.95, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.176: also in middle form - φρονήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 281c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -εφρονήθην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 1.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1378b15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -φρονοῦν contempt, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.44. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]