detestatio
ὅταν δὲ τἄμ' ἀθυμήσαντ' ἴδῃς, σύ μου τὸ δεινὸν καὶ διαφθαρὲν φρενῶν ἴσχναινε παραμυθοῦ θ' → whenever you see me despondent over my situation, do what you can to lessen and relieve what is wild and senseless in my thinking | whenever you see me despondent, you must cure the grim derangement of my mind and encourage me
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-testātĭo: ōnis, f. 2. testis,
I the removal of the testes, castration, Ap. M. 7, p. 198, 7.
dētestātĭo: ōnis, f. id..
I In relig. lang.
A Execration, cursing, detestation, Liv. 10, 38; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Sen. Ep. 117 med.; Gell. 2, 6, 3; Vulg. Dan. 9, 11. —
B A keeping off, averting, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135: scelerum, Cic. Dom. 55, 140.—
II In judicial lang., a formal renunciation under oath: detestatio est denuntiatio facta cum testatione, Dig. 50, 16, 40; cf. detestor, no. II.—So detestatio sacrorum, the solemn renunciation of the family sacred rites, and thereby of the gens itself, which in arrogatio was made by the son, Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.: Liber (Servii Sulpicii) de sacris detestandis, id. 6, 12, 1.
