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dētestābĭlis, e, adj. [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.

1. dētestātĭo, ōnis, f. [detestor].

  1. I. In relig. lang.
    1. A. Execration, cursing, detestation, Liv. 10, 38; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Sen. Ep. 117 med.; Gell. 2, 6, 3; Vulg. Dan. 9, 11.
    2. B. A keeping off, averting, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135: scelerum, Cic. Dom. 55, 140.
  2. 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.

* 2. dē-testātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. testis], the removal of the testes, castration, Ap. M. 7, p. 198, 7.

dētestātor, ōris, m. [detestor, no. I.], one who execrates, a curser (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 27 al.