abhorreo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ horreō (“tremble; dread”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.re.o]

Verb

abhorreō (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī, supine abhorritum); second conjugation

1. to abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from

   Synonyms: abōminor, dēspuō, exsecror

   Antonyms: amō, dīligō

2. to be averse or disinclined to
3. to be free from
4. (by extension) to be inconsistent or not agree with, vary or differ from

   Synonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, variō, discordō, differō

   Antonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, congruō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, pangō

Conjugation

• Passive forms, including personal, occur post-Classically.

   Conjugation of abhorreō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abhorreō		abhorrēs		abhorret		abhorrēmus		abhorrētis		abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrēbam		abhorrēbās		abhorrēbat		abhorrēbāmus		abhorrēbātis		abhorrēbant
	future	abhorrēbō		abhorrēbis		abhorrēbit		abhorrēbimus		abhorrēbitis		abhorrēbunt
	perfect	abhorruī		abhorruistī		abhorruit		abhorruimus		abhorruistis		abhorruērunt, abhorruēre
	pluperfect	abhorrueram		abhorruerās		abhorruerat		abhorruerāmus		abhorruerātis		abhorruerant
	future perfect	abhorruerō		abhorrueris		abhorruerit		abhorruerimus		abhorrueritis		abhorruerint
passive	present	abhorreor		abhorrēris, abhorrēre		abhorrētur		abhorrēmur		abhorrēminī		abhorrentur
	imperfect	abhorrēbar		abhorrēbāris, abhorrēbāre		abhorrēbātur		abhorrēbāmur		abhorrēbāminī		abhorrēbantur
	future	abhorrēbor		abhorrēberis, abhorrēbere		abhorrēbitur		abhorrēbimur		abhorrēbiminī		abhorrēbuntur
	perfect	abhorritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abhorritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abhorritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abhorream		abhorreās		abhorreat		abhorreāmus		abhorreātis		abhorreant
	imperfect	abhorrērem		abhorrērēs		abhorrēret		abhorrērēmus		abhorrērētis		abhorrērent
	perfect	abhorruerim		abhorruerīs		abhorruerit		abhorruerīmus		abhorruerītis		abhorruerint
	pluperfect	abhorruissem		abhorruissēs		abhorruisset		abhorruissēmus		abhorruissētis		abhorruissent
passive	present	abhorrear		abhorreāris, abhorreāre		abhorreātur		abhorreāmur		abhorreāminī		abhorreantur
	imperfect	abhorrērer		abhorrērēris, abhorrērēre		abhorrērētur		abhorrērēmur		abhorrērēminī		abhorrērentur
	perfect	abhorritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abhorritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abhorrē		—		—		abhorrēte		—
	future	—		abhorrētō		abhorrētō		—		abhorrētōte		abhorrentō
passive	present	—		abhorrēre		—		—		abhorrēminī		—
	future	—		abhorrētor		abhorrētor		—		—		abhorrentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abhorrēre			abhorrērī			abhorrēns			—
future		abhorritūrum esse			abhorritum īrī			abhorritūrus			abhorrendus
perfect		abhorruisse			abhorritum esse			—			abhorritus
future perfect		—			abhorritum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abhorritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abhorrendī		abhorrendō		abhorrendum		abhorrendō		abhorritum		abhorritū

Derived terms

• abhorrēns (participle)
• abhorrēscō (inchoative)

Related terms

• abhorrēscō
• abhorridē
• abhorridus
• exhorreō
• horreō
• inhorreō
• obhorreō
• perhorreō

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *abhorrīre (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

• → English: abhor
• → French: abhorrer

References

• “abhorreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abhorreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abhorreo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • to be probable: a vero non abhorrere
    
  • to have no taste for the fine arts: abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)
    
  • the expression is not in accordance with Latin usage: aliquid a consuetudine sermonis latini abhorret, alienum est
    
  • to have no presentiment of a thing: a suspicione alicuius rei abhorrere
    
  • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • something is contrary to my moral sense, goes against my principles: aliquid abhorret a meis moribus (opp. insitum [atque innatum] est animo or in animo alicuius)