abhorresco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ab.horˈreːs.koː/, [äb(ɦ)ɔrˈreːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.borˈres.ko/, [äborˈrɛsko]
Verb edit
abhorrēscō (present infinitive abhorrēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (Late Latin, transitive and intransitive) to dread, become terrified, bristle up
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “abhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abhorresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.