abhorresco

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ horrēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.horˈreːs.koː/, [äb(ɦ)ɔrˈreːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.borˈres.ko/, [äborˈrɛsko]

Verb

abhorrēscō (present infinitive abhorrēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Late Latin, transitive and intransitive) to dread, become terrified, bristle up

Conjugation

Conjugation of abhorrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abhorrēscō	abhorrēscis	abhorrēscit	abhorrēscimus	abhorrēscitis	abhorrēscunt
	imperfect	abhorrēscēbam	abhorrēscēbās	abhorrēscēbat	abhorrēscēbāmus	abhorrēscēbātis	abhorrēscēbant
	future	abhorrēscam	abhorrēscēs	abhorrēscet	abhorrēscēmus	abhorrēscētis	abhorrēscent
passive	present	abhorrēscor	abhorrēsceris, abhorrēscere	abhorrēscitur	abhorrēscimur	abhorrēsciminī	abhorrēscuntur
	imperfect	abhorrēscēbar	abhorrēscēbāris, abhorrēscēbāre	abhorrēscēbātur	abhorrēscēbāmur	abhorrēscēbāminī	abhorrēscēbantur
	future	abhorrēscar	abhorrēscēris, abhorrēscēre	abhorrēscētur	abhorrēscēmur	abhorrēscēminī	abhorrēscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abhorrēscam	abhorrēscās	abhorrēscat	abhorrēscāmus	abhorrēscātis	abhorrēscant
	imperfect	abhorrēscerem	abhorrēscerēs	abhorrēsceret	abhorrēscerēmus	abhorrēscerētis	abhorrēscerent
passive	present	abhorrēscar	abhorrēscāris, abhorrēscāre	abhorrēscātur	abhorrēscāmur	abhorrēscāminī	abhorrēscantur
	imperfect	abhorrēscerer	abhorrēscerēris, abhorrēscerēre	abhorrēscerētur	abhorrēscerēmur	abhorrēscerēminī	abhorrēscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abhorrēsce	—	—	abhorrēscite	—
	future	—	abhorrēscitō	abhorrēscitō	—	abhorrēscitōte	abhorrēscuntō
passive	present	—	abhorrēscere	—	—	abhorrēsciminī	—
	future	—	abhorrēscitor	abhorrēscitor	—	—	abhorrēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abhorrēscere	—	—	abhorrēscī	—	—
participles		abhorrēscēns	—	—	—	—	abhorrēscendus, abhorrēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abhorrēscendī	abhorrēscendō	abhorrēscendum	abhorrēscendō	—	—

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: avorrecer
  • Galician: aborrecer
  • Portuguese: aborrecer
• Spanish: aborrecer
• Sardinian: arròsci, arròsciri, arròschere

References

• “abhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abhorresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.