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
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...enim "deprecor" a Catullo dictum est, quasi "detestor" vel "exsecror" vel "depello" vel "abominor": 6contra autem valet..." - L
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..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iuvenem tamquam furiam facemque huius belli odi ac detestor; nec dedendum solum id piaculum rupti foederis..."