detestabilis

Latin

Etymology

From the verb dētestor (“to curse”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.tesˈtaː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːt̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.tesˈta.bi.lis/, [d̪et̪esˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

dētestābilis (neuter dētestābile, comparative dētestābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. execrable, abominable, detestable

   Synonym: abōminābilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dētestābilis	dētestābile		dētestābilēs	dētestābilia
genitive	dētestābilis			dētestābilium
dative	dētestābilī			dētestābilibus
accusative	dētestābilem	dētestābile		dētestābilēs dētestābilīs	dētestābilia
ablative	dētestābilī			dētestābilibus
vocative	dētestābilis	dētestābile		dētestābilēs	dētestābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: detestable
• French: détestable
• Italian: detestabile
• Portuguese: detestável
• Romanian: detestabil
• Spanish: detestable

References

• “detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• detestabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.