abhorresco

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ horrēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.bɔrˈreːs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.borˈrɛs.ko]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abhorrēscō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abhorrēscere			abhorrēscī			abhorrēscēns			—
future		—			—			—			abhorrēscendus, abhorrēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abhorrēscendī		abhorrēscendō		abhorrēscendum		abhorrēscendō		—		—

Descendants

• Asturian: aborrecer
• 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.