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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + testor.
Pronunciation
Verb
dētestor (present infinitive dētestārī, perfect active dētestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to curse or execrate
- to detest or loathe
- to avert or ward off
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “detestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detestor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.