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perhorresco

perhorresco

Latin

Verb

perhorrēscō ‎(present infinitive perhorrēscere, perfect active perhorruī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I tremble or shudder greatly
  2. I recoil in terror (from)

Inflection

   Conjugation of perhorresco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perhorrēscō perhorrēscis perhorrēscit perhorrēscimus perhorrēscitis perhorrēscunt
imperfect perhorrēscēbam perhorrēscēbās perhorrēscēbat perhorrēscēbāmus perhorrēscēbātis perhorrēscēbant
future perhorrēscam perhorrēscēs perhorrēscet perhorrēscēmus perhorrēscētis perhorrēscent
perfect perhorruī perhorruistī perhorruit perhorruimus perhorruistis perhorruērunt, perhorruēre
pluperfect perhorrueram perhorruerās perhorruerat perhorruerāmus perhorruerātis perhorruerant
future perfect perhorruerō perhorrueris perhorruerit perhorruerimus perhorrueritis perhorruerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perhorrēscam perhorrēscās perhorrēscat perhorrēscāmus perhorrēscātis perhorrēscant
imperfect perhorrēscerem perhorrēscerēs perhorrēsceret perhorrēscerēmus perhorrēscerētis perhorrēscerent
perfect perhorruerim perhorruerīs perhorruerit perhorruerīmus perhorruerītis perhorruerint
pluperfect perhorruissem perhorruissēs perhorruisset perhorruissēmus perhorruissētis perhorruissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — perhorrēsce — — perhorrēscite —
future — perhorrēscitō perhorrēscitō — perhorrēscitōte perhorrēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perhorrēscere perhorruisse — — — —
participles perhorrēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
perhorrēscere perhorrēscendī perhorrēscendō perhorrēscendum — —

References

Etymology

Either:

  • From per- ‎(“thoroughly”) +‎ horrēscō ‎(“tremble, dread”); or
  • From perhorreō ‎(“tremble greatly”) +‎ -scō ‎(inchoative).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.rorˈreːs.koː/, [pɛ.rɔrˈreːs.koː]

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