detestor, detestari, detestatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
call down solemn curse on, execrate; detest/loathe; avert, ward off by entreaty;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | detestor | detestamur |
| 2 | detestaris | detestamini |
| 3 | detestatur | detestantur |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| passive | present | detestari |
Imperatives
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | detestare | detestamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | detestator | — |
| 3 | detestator | detestantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestatus | detestati |
| Gen. | detestati | detestatorum |
| Dat. | detestato | — |
| Acc. | detestatum | detestatos |
| Voc. | detestate | detestati |
| Abl. | detestato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestata | detestatae |
| Gen. | detestatae | detestatarum |
| Dat. | detestatae | — |
| Acc. | detestatam | detestatas |
| Voc. | detestata | detestatae |
| Abl. | detestata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestatum | detestata |
| Gen. | detestati | detestatorum |
| Dat. | detestato | — |
| Acc. | detestatum | detestata |
| Voc. | detestatum | detestata |
| Abl. | detestato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestandus | — |
| Gen. | detestandi | — |
| Dat. | detestando | — |
| Acc. | detestandum | — |
| Voc. | detestande | — |
| Abl. | detestando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestanda | — |
| Gen. | detestandae | — |
| Dat. | detestandae | — |
| Acc. | detestandam | — |
| Voc. | detestanda | — |
| Abl. | detestanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detestandum | — |
| Gen. | detestandi | — |
| Dat. | detestando | — |
| Acc. | detestandum | — |
| Voc. | detestandum | — |
| Abl. | detestando | — |
Supines
accusative: detestatum; ablative: detestatu
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...enim "deprecor" a Catullo dictum est, quasi "detestor" vel "exsecror" vel "depello" vel "abominor": 6contra autem valet..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...omnium fit culpa paucarum scelus? Hi. Detestor omnis, horreo fugio execror. sit ratio, sit natura, sit dirus furor..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iuvenem tamquam furiam facemque huius belli odi ac detestor; nec dedendum solum id piaculum rupti foederis..."