aspernor
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ab- + spernor (“remove; reject, spurn”) + -ō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːsˈper.nor/, [äːs̠ˈpɛrnɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈper.nor/, [äsˈpɛrnor]
Verb[edit]
āspernor (present infinitive āspernārī, perfect active āspernātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to cast off, turn away, avert, repel
- to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn
- to refuse, reject, decline
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References[edit]
- “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspernor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
- to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius