FromProto-Italic*spernō, fromProto-Indo-European*sperH-.

CompareLatinspurius,parcus,spargō,spurcus,Ancient Greekσπείρω(speírō),Englishspurn,spread,spare.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈsper.noː/,[ˈs̠pɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈsper.no/,[ˈspɛrno]

spernō (present infinitivespernere,perfect activesprēvī,supinesprētum);third conjugation

1. tomoveaside,push away

   Synonyms:aufero,abduco,tollō,adimō,rapiō,ēripiō,dīripiō,arceo,excludo

   Antonyms:praefero,produco,affero,edo,profero,propono

2. tosever,separate,remove

   Synonyms:separo,segrego,intersaepio,excludo,dīvertō,dirimō

3. todespise,reject,scorn,spurn

   Synonyms:contemnō,detrectō,cavillor,abiciō,āspernor,trādūcō,neglegō

• “sperno”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sperno inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “sperno”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sperno inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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