ăb-ōmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to deprecate any thing as an ill omen (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: cum dixisset sepulcrum dirutum proram spectare, abominatus, etc., when he had spoken the words “ a ruined sepulchre ,” etc., wishing that this ( the sepulchre , or the words spoken ) might not be of evil omen , Liv. 30, 25 fin. ; so also id. 6, 18, 9; Suet. Claud. 46.—Hence: quod abominor, which may God avert , Ov. M. 9, 677; id. P. 3, 1, 105; Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 7 al.—With inf.: haec universa habere abominabitur, Sen. Ben. 7, 8.—
II In gen. (opp. to opto), to abominate , abhor , detest , Liv. 30, 30, 9; Col. 6, prooem. § 1; Quint. 4, 1, 33.—Hence derivv.,
1 ăbōmĭnanter , adv., abominably , detestably , Cod. Th. 3, 12, 13.—
2 ăbōmĭnandus , a, um, P. a., abominable , Liv. 9, 38 fin. ; Sen. Ben. 1, 9; Quint. 8, 4, 22; 9, 2, 80.☞
1 Collat. act. form ăbōmĭno , -are: multam abomina, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82.—
2 ăbōmĭnor in pass. signif.: saevitia eorum abominaretur ab omnibus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.—So Part.: abominatus, abominated , accursed : Hannibal, Hor. Epod. 16, 8: semimares, Liv. 31, 12, 8: bubo funebris et maxime abominatus, Plin. 10, 12, 16, 34.