aspernor
Latin
Etymology
From ab- + spernō (“remove; reject, spurn”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːsˈpɛr.nɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈpɛr.nor]
Verb
āspernor (present infinitive āspernārī, perfect active āspernātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to cast off, turn away, avert, repel
- to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn
- to refuse, reject, decline
Conjugation
Conjugation of āspernor (first conjugation, deponent)
Derived terms
- aspernābilis
- aspernāmentum
- aspernanter
- aspernātiō
- aspernātor
Related terms
References
- “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspernor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspernor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
- to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)
- to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius