detestabilis
Ζῆθι προσεχόντως ὡς μακρὰν ἐγγὺς βλέπων → Ne temere vivas: specta longa et proxima → Pass auf im Leben: blick auf das, was fern und nah
Latin > English
detestabilis detestabile, detestabilior -or -us, detestabilissimus -a -um ADJ :: detestable, execrable, abominable; subject to detestatio/curse
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dētestābĭlis: e, adj. detestor,
I execrable, abominable, detestable (good prose): omen, Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.: exsecratus populo Romano, detestabilis, etc., id. ib. 2, 26 fin.: nihil esse tam detestabile tamque pestiferum quam voluptatem, id. de Sen. 12, 41; cf. res (with tetra, misera), id. Tusc. 3, 11 fin.: scelus, id. Lael. 8, 27: exemplum, Liv. 26, 48: voce, Suet. Vit. 10 et saep.—Comp., Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; Vulg. Sap. 19, 13.—Sup. appears not to occur.—Adv., dētestābĭlĭter, abominably: quod nefarie, quod detestabiliter fecit, Lact. 5, 10, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dētestābĭlis,¹¹ e (detestor), détestable, abominable : Cic. CM 41 ; Phil. 11, 11 || detestabilior Cic. Off. 1, 57 ; -bilissimus Aug. Imp. Jul. 6, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
dētēstābilis, e, Adi. m. Compar. (detestor), verwünschens-, verabscheuenswert, abscheulich, verabscheut, Cic. u.a.: improbus ac det. senatus, Liv.: nihil est detestabilius dedecore, Cic. Phil. 3, 36. – Superl., Augustin. c. Iul. op. imperf. 6, 9.
