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abominor

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From ab- (“of, by, from”) +‎ ōminor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ōmen (“sign, token, omen”).

    Verb

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    abōminor (present infinitive abōminārī, perfect active abōminātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to deprecate (as an ill omen)
    2. to abominate, abhor, detest, loathe
      Synonyms: dēspuō, exsecror, abhorreō
      Antonyms: amō, dīligō

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • → Catalan: abominar
    • → English: abominate
    • → French: abominer
    • → Italian: abominare
    • → Portuguese: abominar
    • → Spanish: abominar

    References

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    • “abominor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “abominor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “abominor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • God forbid: quod abominor! (procul absit!)