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ex-^cror (execr- ), ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. a. and n. sacer, to curse, execrate.
II. Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement): “eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.!*? *
1. Also, act.: exsecro , āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
2. exsē^crātus , a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable: “non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc. ... scias,Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.: “columna,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.—Sup.: “exsecratissima auguria,Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—
3. exsē^-crandus , a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.—Sup.: “exsecrandissimum nefas,Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.
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