abhorreo

abhorreo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

abhorreō (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī, supine abhorritum); second conjugation

1. I abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from.

   Synonyms: abōminor, dēspuō, exsecror

   Antonyms: amō, dīligō

2. I am averse or disinclined to.
3. I am free from.
4. (by extension) I am inconsistent or do 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
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abhorrē	—	—	abhorrēte	—
	future	—	abhorrētō	abhorrētō	—	abhorrētōte	abhorrentō
passive	present	—	abhorrēre	—	—	abhorrēminī	—
	future	—	abhorrētor	abhorrētor	—	—	abhorrentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		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

• abhorrēscō
• abhorridē
• abhorridus
• exhorreō
• horreō
• inhorreō
• obhorreō
• perhorreō

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *abhorriō (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)