detestabilis
From LSJ
Μισῶ πονηρόν, χρηστὸν ὅταν εἴπῃ λόγον → Cum recta fatur, improbum odi maxime → Den Schlechten hass' ich, wenn ein gutes Wort er spricht
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.
