detestabilis

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Latin

Etymology

From the verb dētestor (“to curse”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.tesˈtaː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːt̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.tesˈta.bi.lis/, [d̪et̪esˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

dētestābilis (neuter dētestābile, comparative dētestābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective

execrable, abominable, detestable
Synonym: abōminābilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	dētestābilis	dētestābile	dētestābilēs	dētestābilia
genitive	dētestābilis		dētestābilium
dative	dētestābilī		dētestābilibus
accusative	dētestābilem	dētestābile	dētestābilēs dētestābilīs	dētestābilia
ablative	dētestābilī		dētestābilibus
vocative	dētestābilis	dētestābile	dētestābilēs	dētestābilia

Descendants

Catalan: detestable
French: détestable
Italian: detestabile
Portuguese: detestável
Romanian: detestabil
Spanish: detestable

References

“detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“detestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
detestabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.