verbfirst conjugation, deponent
abōminor
abōminor (present infinitive abōminārī, perfect active abōminātus sum)
Meaning
- deponentto deprecate (as an ill omen)
- deponentto abominate, abhor, detest, loathe
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ut ōmen malum horreōabōminor -ārī — in Epistulae, ch. 9
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Abominari · Exsecrari · Detestari
Abominari means to recoil from, as of evil omen; and to avert a threatening evil by a ceremony, in opp. to omen accipere; exsecrari means to curse, when one would exclude a guilty person from human society as devoted to the infernal gods, in opp. to blessing; lastly, detestari (θέσσασθαι) means to curse, when one wishes to deprecate evil by an appeal to the gods against a dreaded person or thing, in opp. to praying in behalf of.
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abōminor | abōminābar | abōminābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | abōmināris abōmināre | abōminābāris abōminābāre | abōmināberis abōminābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | abōminātur | abōminābātur | abōminābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | abōmināmur | abōminābāmur | abōminābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | abōmināminī | abōminābāminī | abōminābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | abōminantur | abōminābantur | abōminābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abōminer | abōminārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | abōminēris abōminēre | abōminārēris abōminārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | abōminētur | abōminārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | abōminēmur | abōminārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | abōminēminī | abōminārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | abōminentur | abōminārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | abōmināre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | abōmināminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | abōminātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | abōminātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | abōminantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | abōminārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | abōminātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | abōminātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | abōmināns | — |
| perfect participle | abōminātus abōmināta, abōminātā, abōminātae, abōminātam, abōminātārum, abōminātās, abōmināte, abōminātī, abōminātīs, abōminātō, abōminātōrum, abōminātōs | — |
| future participle | abōminātūrus abōminātūra, abōminātūrā, abōminātūrae, abōminātūram, abōminātūrārum, abōminātūrās, abōminātūre, abōminātūrī, abōminātūrīs, abōminātūrō, abōminātūrōrum, abōminātūrōs, abōminātūrum | abōminandus |
gerundabōminandī, abōminandō, abōminandumsupineabōminātum, abōminātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- quod abominor! (procul absit!)
- God forbid!
ăb-ōmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I. to deprecate any thing as an ill omen (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: cum dixisset sepulcrum dirutum proram spectare, abominatus, etc., when he had spoken the words
a ruined sepulchre, etc., wishing that this (the sepulchre, or the words spoken) might not be of evil omen, Liv. 30, 25 fin.; so also id. 6, 18, 9; Suet. Claud. 46.—Hence:
quod abominor, which may God avert, Ov. M. 9, 677; id. P. 3, 1, 105; Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7 al.—With inf.: haec universa habere abominabitur, Sen. Ben. 7, 8.—II. In gen. (opp. to opto), to abominate, abhor, detest, Liv. 30, 30, 9; Col. 6, prooem. § 1; Quint. 4, 1, 33.—Hence derivv.,
1. ăbōmĭnan-ter, adv., abominably, detestably, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 13.—
2. ăbōmĭnandus, a, um, P. a., abominable, Liv. 9, 38 fin.; Sen. Ben. 1, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 22; 9, 2, 80.!*?
1. Collat. act. form ăbōmĭno, are:
multam abomina, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82.—2. ăbōmĭnor in pass. signif.: saevitia eorum abominaretur ab omnibus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.—So Part.: abominatus, abominated, accursed:
Hannibal, Hor. Epod. 16, 8: semimares, Liv. 31, 12, 8: bubo funebris et maxime abominatus, Plin. 10, 12, 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ab-ōminor ātus, ārī, dep.
orig. of bad omens, to deprecate, wish to nullify: quod abominor, which may God avert! O.: bene facitis, quod abominamini, you do well to deprecate it. L. — Meton., to abhor, detest, execrate: aliquid, L.: parentibus abominatus Hannibal, H.: clade abominandam curiam facit, causes to be dreaded as of bad omen, L.
Origins
From ab- (“of, by, from”) + ōminor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ōmen (“sign, token, omen”).
Descendants
- Catalanabominar
- Englishabominate
- Frenchabominer
- Italianabominare
- Portugueseabominar
- Spanishabominar
In English words that came into English from abōminor
- abominationabōminātiō
- abominableabōminābilis
- abominatorabōminātor
- abominatioabōminātiō