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ăb-ōmĭnor , ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I.to deprecate any thing as an ill omen (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: cum dixisset sepulcrum dirutum proram spectare, abominatus, etc., when he had spoken the words “a ruined sepulchre,” etc., wishing that this (the sepulchre, or the words spoken) might not be of evil omen, Liv. 30, 25 fin.; so also id. 6, 18, 9; Suet. Claud. 46.—Hence: “quod abominor,” which may God avert, Ov. M. 9, 677; id. P. 3, 1, 105; Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7 al.—With inf.: “haec universa habere abominabitur,” Sen. Ben. 7, 8.—
II. In gen. (opp. to opto), to abominate, abhor, detest, Liv. 30, 30, 9; Col. 6, prooem. § 1; Quint. 4, 1, 33.—Hence derivv.,
1. ăbōmĭnan-ter , adv., abominably, detestably, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 13.—
2. ăbōmĭnandus , a, um, P. a., abominable, Liv. 9, 38 fin.; Sen. Ben. 1, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 22; 9, 2, 80.!*?
1. Collat. act. form ăbōmĭno , are: “multam abomina,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82.—
2. ăbōmĭnor in pass. signif.: saevitia eorum abominaretur ab omnibus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.—So Part.: abominatus, abominated, accursed: “Hannibal,” Hor. Epod. 16, 8: “semimares,” Liv. 31, 12, 8: “bubo funebris et maxime abominatus,” Plin. 10, 12, 16.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 38
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.677
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 46
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.12
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.22.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 18.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 30.9
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 1.9
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 7.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.33
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 4.22
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.80
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.1
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