καταφρον-έω,
I
1. 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. HG 7.4.30: 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.
5. c. acc. et gen., like καταγιγνώσκω, κ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀδυνασίαν Th. 8.8.
II c.acc.rei, fix one’s thoughts upon, aim at, τὴν τυραννίδα Hdt. 1.59; τοὺς βύστακας μὴ καταφρόνει do not think of your moustache, do not aim at having one (because the Spartans had to shave the upper lip, cf. μύσταξ), Antiph. 44.
III come to one’s senses, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 15, Nat.Mul. 3 (prob.l.), Plu. 2.165f.
καταφρονέω kataphroneō 9x
pr. to look down on; to scorn, despise, [Mat 18:10]; [Rom 2:4];
to slight, [Mat 6:24]; [Luk 16:13]; [1Co 11:22]; [1Ti 4:12]; [1Ti 6:2]; [2Pe 2:10];
to disregard, [Heb 12:2]
G2706 — καταφρονέω
καταφρόνω; future καταφρονήσω; 1 aorist κατεφρόνησα; (from Herodotus down); to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of: with the genitive of the object (Buttmann, § 132, 15), [Mat 6:24]; [Mat 18:10]; [Luk 16:13]; [Rom 2:4]; [1Co 11:22]; [1Ti 4:12]; [1Ti 6:2]; [2Pe 2:10]; [Heb 12:2].
κατα - φρονέω , - ῶ ,
[in LXX for H898, H936, etc.;]
to think little of, despise: c . gen ., [Mat 6:24]; [Mat 18:10], [Luk 16:13], Rom 2:4 , [1Co 11:22], [1Ti 4:12]; [1Ti 6:2], [Heb 12:2], [2Pe 2:10]. †