abhorresco
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.bɔrˈreːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.borˈrɛs.ko]
Verb
abhorrēscō (present infinitive abhorrēscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- (Late Latin, transitive and intransitive) to dread, become terrified, bristle up
Conjugation
Descendants
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.