abhorreo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈhor.re.oː/, [äbˈ(ɦ)ɔrːeoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.re.o/, [äˈbɔrːeo]

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.

Conjugation of abhorreō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abhorreō	abhorrēs	abhorret	abhorrēmus	abhorrētis	abhorrent
	imperfect	abhorrēbam	abhorrēbās	abhorrēbat	abhorrēbāmus	abhorrēbātis	abhorrēbant
	future	abhorrēbō	abhorrēbis	abhorrēbit	abhorrēbimus	abhorrēbitis	abhorrēbunt
	perfect	abhorruī	abhorruistī	abhorruit	abhorruimus	abhorruistis	abhorruērunt, abhorruēre
	pluperfect	abhorrueram	abhorruerās	abhorruerat	abhorruerāmus	abhorruerātis	abhorruerant
	future perfect	abhorruerō	abhorrueris	abhorruerit	abhorruerimus	abhorrueritis	abhorruerint
passive	present	abhorreor	abhorrēris, abhorrēre	abhorrētur	abhorrēmur	abhorrēminī	abhorrentur
	imperfect	abhorrēbar	abhorrēbāris, abhorrēbāre	abhorrēbātur	abhorrēbāmur	abhorrēbāminī	abhorrēbantur
	future	abhorrēbor	abhorrēberis, abhorrēbere	abhorrēbitur	abhorrēbimur	abhorrēbiminī	abhorrēbuntur
	perfect	abhorritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abhorritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abhorritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abhorream	abhorreās	abhorreat	abhorreāmus	abhorreātis	abhorreant
	imperfect	abhorrērem	abhorrērēs	abhorrēret	abhorrērēmus	abhorrērētis	abhorrērent
	perfect	abhorruerim	abhorruerīs	abhorruerit	abhorruerīmus	abhorruerītis	abhorruerint
	pluperfect	abhorruissem	abhorruissēs	abhorruisset	abhorruissēmus	abhorruissētis	abhorruissent
passive	present	abhorrear	abhorreāris, abhorreāre	abhorreātur	abhorreāmur	abhorreāminī	abhorreantur
	imperfect	abhorrērer	abhorrērēris, abhorrērēre	abhorrērētur	abhorrērēmur	abhorrērēminī	abhorrērentur
	perfect	abhorritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abhorritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abhorrē	—	—	abhorrēte	—
active	future	—	abhorrētō	abhorrētō	—	abhorrētōte	abhorrentō
passive	present	—	abhorrēre	—	—	abhorrēminī	—
passive	future	—	abhorrētor	abhorrētor	—	—	abhorrentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abhorrēre	abhorruisse	abhorritūrum esse	abhorrērī	abhorritum esse	abhorritum īrī
participles		abhorrēns	—	abhorritūrus	—	abhorritus	abhorrendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abhorrendī	abhorrendō	abhorrendum	abhorrendō	abhorritum	abhorritū

Derived terms

abhorrēns (participle)
abhorrēscō (inchoative)

Related 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^[1], 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)