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dē-dignor , ātus, 1,
I.v. a. dep., to reject as unworthy, to disdain, scorn, refuse (most freq. in Ov.; perh. not ante-Aug.).
(α). With two accs.: quos ego sim toties jam dedignata maritos, * Verg. A. 4, 536; so, “aliquem maritum,” Ov. H. 16, 195: “virum, Pelasgum,” id. ib. 12, 83: “comitem amicum,” id. Pont. 1, 7, 33: “Philippum patrem ( = abdicare),” Curt. 6, 11: “nec dedignanda carmina,” Sil. 13, 538.—
(β). With inf.: “magni genibus procumbere non est Dedignata Jovis,” Ov. M. 13, 586; id. F. 4, 36; id. Pont. 2, 2, 79; Curt. 10, 5, 33; Tac. A. 2, 34 fin.—
(γ). Absol.: “accendebat dedignantes,” Tac. A. 2, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.586
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.83
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.536
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.2
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.34
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.5.33
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.11
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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