exsecror

exsecror

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ex- + sacer (sacred) + -or.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    exsecror (present infinitive exsecrārī, perfect active exsecrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to curse or execrate
      Synonyms: īnsultō, maledīcō, compellō, invehō, incessō, intrahō, obloquor
      Antonym: benedīcō
    2. to detest
      Synonyms: abhorreō, abōminor, dēspuō
      Antonyms: amō, dīligō

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: execrar
    • English: execrate
    • French: exécrer
    • Galician: execrar
    • Italian: esecrare
    • Occitan: execrar
    • Portuguese: execrar
    • Sicilian: esicrari
    • Spanish: execrar

    References

    • exsecror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • exsecror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • exsecror”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.