abhorreo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ab- (“from, away from”) + horreō (“tremble; dread”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈbor.re.oː/, [äˈbɔrreoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈbor.re.o/, [ɑˈbɔrrɛɔ]
Verb[edit]
abhorreō (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī); second conjugation, no supine stem
- I abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from.
- I am averse or disinclined to.
- I am free from.
- (by extension) I am inconsistent or do not agree with, vary or differ from.
Conjugation[edit]
- Passive forms, including personal, occur post-Classically.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (abhor): amō
Derived terms[edit]
- abhorrēns (participle)
- abhorrēscō (inchoative)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- abhorreo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- abhorreo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- abhorreo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- 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)
- something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
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