exsecrabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

exsē̆crābĭlis (execr-), e, adj. [exsecror].

I Pass. , execrable , accursed , detestable : exsecr. ac dirum solum, Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: nihil exsecrabilius, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; Vulg. Levit. 11, 23 al.—

II Act. , execrating : praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus, the song of cursing , of execration , Liv. 31, 17, 9: odium, i. e. raging , fearful , id. 9, 26, 4.—Adv.: exsē̆crābĭlĭter , execrably (only in comp. ): tanto exsecrabilius me oderam, Aug. Conf. 8, 7.

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