καταφρονέω fut. ήσω to think down upon, i. e. to look down upon, think slightly of, τινός Hdt., Eur., etc. c. acc. to regard slightly, despise, Hdt., Attic:—Pass. to be thought little of, despised, Xen., etc. absol. to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, Thuc. c. inf. to think contemptuously that, to presume, καταφρονήσαντες κρέσσονες εἶναι Hdt.; καταφρονοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι Thuc. c. acc. rei, only in Ionic writers (cf. κατανοέω) , to fix oneʼs thoughts upon, aim at, Lat. affectare, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt.: also to observe with contempt, τι Hdt.