detestabilis

Latin

Etymology

From the verb dētestor (to curse) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dētestābilis (neuter dētestābile, comparative dētestābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. execrable, abominable, detestable
    Synonym: abōminābilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative dētestābilis dētestābile dētestābilēs dētestābilia
genitive dētestābilis dētestābilium
dative dētestābilī dētestābilibus
accusative dētestābilem dētestābile dētestābilēs
dētestābilīs
dētestābilia
ablative dētestābilī dētestābilibus
vocative dētestābilis dētestābile dētestābilēs dētestābilia

Descendants

  • Catalan: detestable
  • French: détestable
  • Italian: detestabile
  • Portuguese: detestável
  • Romanian: detestabil
  • Spanish: detestable

References

  • detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • detestabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.