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abhorreo

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.
More information indicative, singular ...

Derived terms

Descendants

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