aspernor

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ spernor (“remove; reject, spurn”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːsˈper.nor/, [äːs̠ˈpɛrnɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈper.nor/, [äsˈpɛrnor]

Verb

āspernor (present infinitive āspernārī, perfect active āspernātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to cast off, turn away, avert, repel

   Synonyms: dīvertō, āvertō, arceō, prōpulsō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, dēmoveō, flectō, trānsvertō

2. to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn

   Synonyms: contemnō, detrectō, spernō, neglegō, cavillor, abiciō

3. to refuse, reject, decline

   Synonyms: negō, detrectō, spernō, āversor, renūntiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of āspernor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āspernor	āspernāris, āspernāre	āspernātur	āspernāmur	āspernāminī	āspernantur
	imperfect	āspernābar	āspernābāris, āspernābāre	āspernābātur	āspernābāmur	āspernābāminī	āspernābantur
	future	āspernābor	āspernāberis, āspernābere	āspernābitur	āspernābimur	āspernābiminī	āspernābuntur
	perfect	āspernātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āspernātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āspernātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āsperner	āspernēris, āspernēre	āspernētur	āspernēmur	āspernēminī	āspernentur
imperfect	āspernārer	āspernārēris, āspernārēre	āspernārētur	āspernārēmur	āspernārēminī	āspernārentur
perfect	āspernātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	āspernātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āspernāre	—	—	āspernāminī	—
	future	—	āspernātor	āspernātor	—	—	āspernantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āspernārī	āspernātum esse	āspernātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		āspernāns	āspernātus	āspernātūrus	—	—	āspernandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āspernandī	āspernandō	āspernandum	āspernandō	āspernātum	āspernātū

Derived terms

• aspernābilis
• aspernāmentum
• aspernanter
• aspernātiō
• aspernātor

Related terms

• spernō

References

• “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aspernor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
    
  • to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)