detestabilis

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. execrable, abominable, detestable
    Synonym: abōminābilis

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Descendants

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References

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  • 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.