detestarier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detesto, detestare, -, detestatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
call down solemn curse on, execrate; detest/loathe; avert, ward off by entreaty;
pres. pass. infin. - Entry →detestor, detestari, detestatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
call down solemn curse on, execrate; detest/loathe; avert, ward off by entreaty;
pres. infin.
Examples
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse quam id faceret; et in caput eorum detestari minas periculaque, qui id suasissent. admiratus cum uerba..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Atheniensi sociisque, exercitibus et classibus eorum precarentur, totiens detestari atque exsecrari Philippum liberos eius regnumque, terrestres naualesque copias..."