English → Latin
“abomination” in Latin
āversātĭoa turning of onedētestātiōexecration (solemn curse); detestation; renunciation (formal)īnfandusunspeakable, unutterable, unnatural, shocking, abominablenefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsomefoeditāsfoulness, filthiness; horridness, hideousness, ugliness, deformityimmānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfulncontāminātiōcontamination, pollution; defilementpollūtiōpollution, contamination, defilementmaculaa spot, speck, small mark or stain; a blemish, temporary or permanent (for example, a bruise, freckle, mole, birthmark, lābēsfall, collapse; subsidence; fault, defect
The English word abomination itself goes back to Latin ōminor, through abōminātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abomination
aversion, detestation, aversatio (in silver age, alicujus rei): detestatio (in Gell., alicujus rei. Un-Cic. in this sense): animus aversissimus ab aliquo.
Abominable action, res nefanda or infanda; res atrox or nefaria. Abominations = abominable actions, nefaria, plur. adjective.
Detestable wickedness, foeditas, immanitas.
Pollution, contaminatio, pollutio (both in later writers only): macula, labes (the stain itself).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abomination?
- The usual Latin words for “abomination” are āversātĭo, dētestātiō, īnfandus; also nefārius, foeditās, immānitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.