(adjective) : dētestābĭlis, e, detestor
* 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.

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