abhorreo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈhor.re.oː/, [abˈhɔr.re.oː]

Verb

abhorreō (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī); second conjugation, no passive

1. I abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from.
2. I am averse or disinclined to.
3. I am free from.
4. (by extension) I am inconsistent or do not agree with, vary or differ from.

Inflection

Conjugation of abhorreo (second conjugation, active only)
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
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
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abhorrē	—	—	abhorrēte	—
	future	—	abhorrētō	abhorrētō	—	abhorrētōte	abhorrentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abhorrēre	abhorruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		abhorrēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		abhorrēre	abhorrendī	abhorrendō	abhorrendum	—	—

Synonyms

• (abhor): abōminor, dēspuō
• (differ from): differō

Antonyms

• (abhor): amō

Derived terms

• abhorrēns (participle)
• abhorrēscō (inchoative)

Related terms

• abhorrēscō
• abhorridē
• abhorridus
• exhorreō

• horreō
• inhorreō
• obhorreō
• perhorreō

Descendants

• Catalan: avorrir
• English: abhor
• French: abhorrer
• Italian: aborrire

• Occitan: aborrir
• Portuguese: avorrir
• Romanian: borî
• Spanish: aburrir

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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)