Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + horreō (“tremble; dread”).
Verb
abhorreō (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī, supine abhorritum); second conjugation
- to abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from
- Synonyms: abōminor, dēspuō, exsecror
- Antonyms: amō, dīligō
- to be averse or disinclined to
- to be free from
- (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.
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “abhorreo”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), 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)