abhorreo Latin · revision 31208

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰers-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [aˈbɔr.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [aˈbɔr.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''abhorreō''' (present infinitive abhorrēre, perfect active abhorruī, supine abhorritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ab-|t=from, away]] and [[m|la|horreō|t=to bristle, shudder]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives ⟨horreō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*χorsē-|t=to be stiff]] and [[ine-pro|*ǵʰrs-eh₁-|t=to be stiff, surprised]], from the root [[m|ine-pro|*ǵʰers-]], cognate with [[sa|हर्षते|tr=hárṣate|t=is delighted]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author in the OLD, whose ''Mercator'' has ''ab Atticīs abhorreō'', “I recoil from the Athenians”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to shrink back from or shun, and with a negative to be attracted, as Tacitus' young heart that “did not shrink from Berenice”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to be averse to a course of action, as Terence's young man “averse to marriage”, and of character to be incapable of, “above”, a fault.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Of things it is to be uncongenial or to jar, as Cicero's style “repugnant to the ears of the crowd”, to be out of keeping or at variance with something, and to differ or deviate from a standard.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “shrink back or away from”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|abhor]] comes from it, recorded from about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of shrinking from the Athenians.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of aversion to marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of being out of keeping and different.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English [[m|en|abhor]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shrink back from, recoil from, [[m|en|shun]]; to [[m|en|abhor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To be averse to, have no taste for.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be incompatible with; to be incapable of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be uncongenial or repugnant (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be out of keeping, be at variance (with); to differ, deviate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abhorridus]]

+ * [[abhorrēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abhorridē]]

+ * [[exhorreō]]

+ * [[horreō]]

+ * [[inhorreō]]

+ * [[obhorreō]]

+ * [[perhorreō]]

+ * [[horror]]

+ * [[āversor]]

+ * [[en|abhor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}