LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, no present stem, perfect active forms have present active meaning, deponent in the perfect

ōdī

ōdī (present infinitive ōdisse, perfect active ōsus sum)
Classical[ˈoː.diː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.di]
№ 790 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. activedeponentperfectto have an aversion towards, to hate, dislike
    Quid est enim, Catilīna, quod tē iam in hāc urbe dēlectāre possit? — in quā nēmō est extrā istam coniūrātiōnem perditōrum hominum, quī tē nōn metuat, nēmō quī nōn ōderit.For what is there, Catiline, that can now delight you in this city? — in which there is no one outside that conspiracy of desperate men who does not fear you, no one who does not hate you.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.13
    Persicōs ōdī, puer, apparātūs, displicent nexae philyrā corōnae.|trans=My boy: I hate the filigree of Persia.Linden-sewn garlands chafe me with their glamor.23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 1.38.1–2
  2. activedeponentperfectwith infinitiveto feel reluctant to, to hate to, to be loath to
    Laetus in praesēns animus quod ultrā est ōderit cūrāre[…]And let the mind that’s happy in the moment ’Bout that which lies before be loath to worry23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 2.16

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

contrārium amāre: quem ōdī, inimīcus meus est.
ōdī ōdisse — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
hates
ōdit — in Seneca, ch. II

Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent perfect present

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ōdīōderamōderō———
2nd sg.ōdistīōderāsōderis———
3rd sg.ōditōderatōderit———
1st pl.ōdimusōderāmusōderimus———
2nd pl.ōdistisōderātisōderitis———
3rd pl.ōdērunt
ōdēre
ōderantōderint———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ōderimōdissem——
2nd sg.ōderīsōdissēs——
3rd sg.ōderitōdisset——
1st pl.ōderīmusōdissēmus——
2nd pl.ōderītisōdissētis——
3rd pl.ōderintōdissent——
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveōdisse—
perfect infinitiveōsum esse—
future infinitiveōsūrum esse—
perfect participleōsus
ōsa, ōsā, ōsae, ōsam, ōsārum, ōsās, ōse, ōsī, ōsīs, ōsō, ōsōrum, ōsōs
—
future participleōsūrus
ōsūra, ōsūrā, ōsūrae, ōsūram, ōsūrārum, ōsūrās, ōsūre, ōsūrī, ōsūrīs, ōsūrō, ōsūrōrum, ōsūrōs, ōsūrum
—
supineōsum, ōsū

ōdi, ōdisse (old form of the
I. pres., odio: osi sunt ab odio, declinasse antiquos testis est C. Gracchus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll. From this are formed: odis, Ambros. in Psa. 118, 17; odiant, Arn. in Psa. 37; odiebant, id. Psa. 73; odies, Tert. adv, Marc. 4, 35; odiet, Hier. Ep. 22, 31; odivi, Vulg. Psa. 118, 104; odientes, id. Deut. 7, 10; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 16; odiendi, App. Dogm. Plat. 3 init. —Pass. oditur, Tert. Apol. 3 fin.; Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 8: odiremur, Hier. Ep. 43, 2: oderem and odere, acc. to Charis. p. 228 P.—Collat. form of the perf. osus sum, C. Gracch. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19; Gell. 4, 8; and odivit, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13. 19, 42), v. a. Sanscr. root badh-, strike, thrust; Gr. ὠθέω.
I. To hate (class.; cf.: detestor, abominor, aversor, abhorreo); constr. with acc. of the person or thing, with inf. or absol.
(a). With acc.: quem omnes oderunt quā viri quā mulieres, Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 15: uxor ruri est tua, quam dudum dixeras te odisse aeque atque angues, id. Merc. 4, 4, 20 sq.: quid enim odisset Clodium Milo, Cic. Mil. 13, 35: aliquem acerbe et penitus, id. Clu. 61, 171: lucemque odit, Ov. M. 2, 383: vitam, id. ib. 7, 583: scelus est odisse parentem, id. ib. 10, 314: qui hominem odiit, Tert. Anim. 10: semper eos osi sunt, C. Gracch. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: quas (partes) Pompeius odivit, M. Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42.—
(b). With inf.: inimicos semper osa sum obtuerier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19: peccare, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 26.—
(g). Absol.: oderint dum metuant, Att. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97 (Trag. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); cf. Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 59: ita amare oportere, ut si aliquando esset osurus, Cic. Lael. 16, 59; id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43: neque studere neque odisse, Sall. C. 51, 13: furialiter, Ov. F. 3, 637: sic objurgans, quasi oderint, Quint. 2, 2, 7; 7, 2, 37 al.—
II. Transf., in gen., to dislike; to be displeased or vexed at any thing: illud rus, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 7: Persicos apparatus, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1: odi cum cera vacat, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 20.—Of subjects not personal: ruta odit hiemem et umorem ac fimum, Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156.—Esp.: se odisse, to be ill at ease, discontented, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 13; Juv. 7, 35.—Pass.: oditur ergo in hominibus innocuis etiam nomen innocuum, Tert. Apol. 3: si de mundo non essemus, odiremur a mundo, Hier. Ep. 43, n. 2 (but in class. Lat. the pass. of odi is odio esse; v. odium).

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *ōdai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃e-h₃ód-e ~ h₃e-h₃d-ḗr, reduplicated perfect from the root *h₃ed- (“to hate; to start hating?”).

Borrowings
  • Catalanodiar
  • Italianodiare
  • Portugueseodiar
  • Spanishodiar
  • Asturianodiar
  • Dalmatianodiur
  • Galicianodiar
  • Idoodiar
  • Papiamentuodiafrom Spanish odiar
Elsewhere
  • Italianuggirefrom Vulgar Latin *odiō
  • Old Catalanujarfrom Vulgar Latin *odiō

Quick answers

What does ōdī mean in Latin?
ōdī, a verb, means “to have an aversion towards, to hate, dislike; to feel reluctant to, to hate to, to be loath to”.
What are the principal parts of ōdī?
ōdī, ōdisse, ōsus sum (fourth conjugation, no present stem, perfect active forms have present active meaning, deponent in the perfect).
How do you pronounce ōdī?
In classical Latin, [ˈoː.diː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔː.di].