verbfirst conjugation, deponent
dētestor
dētestor (present infinitive dētestārī, perfect active dētestātus sum)
Classical[deːˈtɛs.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[deˈtɛs.tor]
Meaning
- deponentto curse or execrate
- deponentto detest or loathe
- deponentto avert or ward off
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
exsecror, vehementer negōdētestor -ārī — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 24
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. | dētestor | dētestābar | dētestābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | dētestāris dētestāre | dētestābāris dētestābāre | dētestāberis dētestābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dētestātur | dētestābātur | dētestābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | dētestāmur | dētestābāmur | dētestābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | dētestāminī | dētestābāminī | dētestābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dētestantur | dētestābantur | dētestābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētester | dētestārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | dētestēris dētestēre | dētestārēris dētestārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dētestētur | dētestārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | dētestēmur | dētestārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | dētestēminī | dētestārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dētestentur | dētestārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dētestāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dētestāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dētestātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dētestātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dētestantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dētestārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | dētestātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | dētestātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | dētestāns | — |
| perfect participle | dētestātus dētestāta, dētestātā, dētestātae, dētestātam, dētestātārum, dētestātās, dētestāte, dētestātī, dētestātīs, dētestātō, dētestātōrum, dētestātōs | — |
| future participle | dētestātūrus dētestātūra, dētestātūrā, dētestātūrae, dētestātūram, dētestātūrārum, dētestātūrās, dētestātūre, dētestātūrī, dētestātūrīs, dētestātūrō, dētestātūrōrum, dētestātūrōs, dētestātūrum | dētestandus dētestanda, dētestandā, dētestandae, dētestandam, dētestandārum, dētestandās, dētestande, dētestandīs, dētestandōrum, dētestandōs |
gerunddētestandī, dētestandō, dētestandumsupinedētestātum, dētestātū
dē-testor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a.
I. In relig. lang.
A. To curse while calling a deity to witness, i. e. to execrate, abominate (for syn. cf.:
abominari, adversari, abhorrere, horrere, devovere, execrari): cum (te) viderunt, tamquam auspicium malum detestantur, Cic. Vatin. 16, 39: omnibus precibus detestatus Ambiorigem, * Caes. B. G. 6, 31 fin.; cf.: caput euntis hostili prece, Ov. M. 15, 505: dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen detestandae familiae stirpique compositum, Liv. 10, 41: exitum belli civilis, Cic. Phil. 8, 2 fin. et saep.—b. To call to witness, = testor, obtestor:
summum Jovem, deosque, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 60. —B. To call down upon, denounce while invoking a deity:
minas periculaque in caput eorum, Liv. 39, 10, 2: deorum iram in caput infelicis pueri, Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 6.— C. To hate intensely, detest, abominate, abhor:
causam auctoremque cladis, Tac. H. 2, 35 fin.: civilia arma adeo detestari, felt such abhorrence for, Suet. Oth. 10: sortem populi Romani, id. Claud. 3: viam pravam Vulg. Prov. 3, 13.—II. Transf., to avert from one's self by entreaty, to ward off, avert, remove, sc. an evil from one's self or others, = deprecari, to deprecate:
ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer, Cic. Cat. 1, 11: memoriam consulatus tui a republica, id. Pis. 40, 96: invidiam, id. N. D. 1, 44, 123: o di immortales, avertite ac detestamini hoc omen, id. Phil. 4, 4, 10.—III. In judic. lang., to renounce solemnly or under oath:
detestatum est testatione denuntiatum, Dig. 50, 16, 238; cf. ib. § 40, and detestatio, II.: Servius Sulpicius in libro de sacris detestandis, etc., Gell. 7, 12, 1.!*? In a pass. sense, Ap. Mag. p. 307, 24; August. Ep. ad Macr. 255.—Esp., in the part. perf., detested, abominated: detestata omnia ejusmodi repudianda sunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28: bella matribus detestata, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 25.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-testor ātus, ārī, dep.,
to curse, execrate, abominate: (te) tamquam auspicium malum: omnibus precibus Ambiorigem, Cs.: caput euntis hostili prece, O.: carmen detestandae familiae compositum, for an imprecation on the house, L.: exitum belli.—To call down upon, denounce: pericula in caput eorum, L.—To avert, ward off, deprecate: a me patriae querimoniam: memoriam consulatūs tui a re p.: invidiam: hoc omen.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindētestor
Latin dē- Latin testor Latin dētestor From dē- + testor.
Descendants
- Catalandetestar
- Frenchdétester
- Englishdetestfrom French détester
- Romaniandetestafrom French détester
- Italiandetestare
- Portuguesedetestar
- Spanishdetestar
- Haitian Creoledetestefrom French détester
- Galiciandetestar
In English words that came into English from dētestor
- detestdētestor