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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + sacer (“sacred”) + -or.
Pronunciation
Verb
exsecror (present infinitive exsecrārī, perfect active exsecrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to curse or execrate
- Synonyms: īnsultō, maledīcō, compellō, invehō, incessō, intrahō, obloquor
- Antonym: benedīcō
- to detest
- Synonyms: abhorreō, abōminor, dēspuō
- Antonyms: amō, dīligō
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “exsecror”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.