dēprĕtĭo (deprec-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pretium], to lower the price of, to undervalue, to depreciate (post-class.).
I Prop.: vetera corpora depretiata sunt, Dig. 9, 2, 22; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, § 212: vilescit pretio depretiatus homo, Paul. Nol. carm. 22, 56.—
II Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to disregard, make light of : Epicurus omnem dolorem depretiat, Tert. Apol. 45; Sid. Ep. 2, 10 fin.