abhorresco

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ horrēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

abhorrēscō (present infinitive abhorrēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (Late Latin, transitive and intransitive) to dread, become terrified, bristle up

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: avorrecer
    • Galician: aborrecer
    • Portuguese: aborrecer
  • Spanish: aborrecer
  • Sardinian: arròsci, arròsciri, arròschere

References

  • abhorresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abhorresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.