vilipendium

== Latin == === Etymology === From vīlis (“cheap, worthless”) + pendere (“to weigh, consider”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wiː.lɪˈpɛn.di.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vi.liˈpɛn.di.um] === Noun === vīlipendium n (genitive vīlipendiī or vīlipendī); second declension contempt, scorn, disregard ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).