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.HG7.4.30: 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.