I.to think down upon, i. e. to look down upon, think slightly of, τινός Hdt., Eur., etc.
2.c. acc. to regard slightly, despise, Hdt., attic:—Pass. to be thought little of, despised, Xen., etc.
3.absol. to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, Thuc.
4.c. inf. to think contemptuously that, to presume, καταφρονήσαντες κρέσσονες εἶναι Hdt.; καταφρονοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι Thuc.