a loathing

loathing, fiercely hating, despising.

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fastīdĭum, ĭi, n. [cf. 2. fastus], a loathing, aversion for any thing, esp. for any sort of enjoyment (very freq. and class.; cf. taedium, nausea, etc.).

Lit., nausea, squeamishness, loathing, distaste for food:

cibi satietas et fastidium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

mel fastidium creat,

Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109:

fastidium abigere,

id. 23, 9, 81, § 161:

auferre,

id. 19, 8, 38, § 127:

discutere,

id. 23, 1, 27, § 54:

detrahere,

id. 22, 25, 74, § 155.—In plur.:

magna movet stomacho fastidia, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 78; 2, 2, 14; 2, 6, 86; Juv. 14, 184; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.—

Esp. of a spoiled, pampered taste, niceness, daintiness, delicacy, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18: tantum in illis esse fastidium;

ut nollent attingere nisi eodem die captum piscem,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 18; cf. Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31.—

Transf. to sight:

oculorum in hominum insolentium indignitate fastidium,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2.—

Trop., dislike, aversion, disgust, fastidiousness.

In gen.:

ab aliqua re celerrime fastidio quodam et satietate abalienari,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98; cf.: si (eloquentia) et ex copia satietatem et ex amplitudine fastidium tulerit, Quint. 5, 14, 30:

nescis quantum interdum afferat hominibus fastidii, quantum satietatis,

Cic. Mur. 9, 21:

satiari fastidio similitudinis,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 193:

nulla voluptas est, quae non assiduitate fastidium pariat,

Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 81:

vitato assiduitatis fastidio,

Suet. Tib. 10:

rudem esse omnino in nostris poëtis, aut inertissimae segnitiae est, aut fastidii delicatissimi,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

quae habent ad res certas vitiosam offensionem atque fastidium,

id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

audiendi,

id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

insolens domesticarum rerum,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

omnis stultitia laborat fastidio sui,

Sen. Ep. 9 fin.:

nec id fit fastidio meo,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20:

ne sit fastidio Graecos sequi,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8:

ipsum lignum in fastidio est,

is despised, id. 12, 19, 42, § 91; cf.:

aliquid fastidio damnare,

id. 11, 2, 1, § 4: non omnia (i. e. arbores) in omnibus locis nasci docuimus, nec translata vivere: hoc alias fastidio evenit, fastidious or delicate nature, id. 16, 32, 58, § 134.—In plur.:

non tam ea, quae recta essent, probari, quam quae prava sunt, fastidiis adhaerescere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 258; cf.:

spectatoris fastidia ferre superbi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

opem ferre poëtis antiquis contra fastidia nostra,

id. S. 1, 10, 7:

matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses,

Verg. E. 4, 61.—

In partic. (with the notion of fastus predominating), scornful contempt, haughtiness, pride (syn.:

elatio, vanitas, arrogantia, superbia, fastus): ex eorum (divitiorum) fastidio et superbia (regna) nata esse commemorant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32 Mos. N. cr.; cf.:

superbiam magno opere, fastidium arrogantiamque fugiamus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 90; id. Agr. 1, 7, 20; cf.:

superbia et fastidio amplissimos honores repudiare,

Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

si essent arrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,

id. Phil. 10, 9, 18:

efferri fastidio et contumaciā,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54.—In plur.:

superba pati fastidia?

Verg. E. 2, 15:

oderunt fastidia divi,

Tib. 1, 8, 69:

qui tulerit Meroes fastidia longa superbae,

Calp. E. 11, 50:

veteris fastidia quercus,

Juv. 14, 184.

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disgust, dislike, sqeamishness / scorn, disdain, haughtiness.

aversion, loathing

āversĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

a turning away; only in the adverb. phrases,

Ex aversione, from behind: illi de praesidio insecuti ex aversione legatos jugulārunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22 Moeb.—

In the Latin of the jurists: per aversionem or aversione emere, vendere, locare, etc., to buy, sell, etc., something, with a turning away, turned away, i. e. without accurate reckoning, in the gross, by the lot, Dig. 18, 6, 4; 18, 1, 62; 14, 2, 10; 19, 2, 36; 14, 1, 1 al.—

A.. In rhet., a turning away, a figure by which the orator turns the attention of his hearers from the theme before them, a kind of apostrophe (e. g. Cic. Cael. 1; id. Rosc. Am. 49; Verg. A. 4, 425), Quint. 9, 2, 39; Aquil. Rom. 9, p. 102 Ruhnk. Frotsch.—

Trop., aversion, loathing (post-class.):

non metu mortis se patriam deserere, sed Deorum coactum aversione, Dictys, Bell. Troj. 4, 18: aversione stomachorum di laborant,

Arn. 7, p. 231.

āversor, ātus, 1, v. dep. freq. [id.], to turn one ' s self from, to turn away (from displeasure, contempt, loathing, shame, etc.).

In gen.: nulla vis tormentorum acerrimorum praetermittitur;

aversari advocati et jam vix ferre posse,

Cic. Clu. 63, 177:

haerere homo, aversari, rubere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 76 fin. —

Esp.: aliquem or aliquid, to turn away a person or thing from one ' s self, to send away, repulse, reject, refuse, decline, shun, avoid:

filium (consul) aversatus,

i. e. not permitting his presence, Liv. 8, 7, 14 Drak.:

afflictum non aversatus amicum,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 5:

principes Syracusanorum,

Liv. 26, 31, 4:

aversatur [dicentem],

Tac. Or. 20 Halm:

petentes,

Ov. M. 14, 672; 1, 478; 10, 394 al.:

preces,

Liv. 3, 12, 9:

effeminatas artes,

Plin. Pan. 46, 4 Schwarz; so,

crimina,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 38:

honorem,

id. F. 1, 5:

sermonem,

Tac. A. 6, 26:

adulationes,

Suet. Tib. 27 Oud.:

latum clavum,

id. Vesp. 2:

imperium,

Curt. 3, 10:

scelus,

id. 6, 7.—With inf.: aversati sunt proelium facere, declined, Auct. B. Hisp. 14.

► Pass.:

vultu notare aversato,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 28.

āversor, ōris, m. [id.], a thief, pilferer, embezzler (cf. averto, I. B.):

pecuniae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.

fastīdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. [fastidium], to feel disgust, loathing, or nausea, to shrink or flinch from any thing unpleasant to the taste, smell, hearing, etc.; to loathe, dislike, despise (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: taedet, reprobo, reicio, respuo, repudio).

Lit.

Neutr.:

bi bendum hercle hoc est, ne nega: quid hic fastidis?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 33; cf.:

fastidientis stomachi est multa degustare,

Sen. Ep. 2:

majus infundam tibi Fastidienti poculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 78:

ut fastidis!

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 58.—

Act. (perh. not till the Aug. per.):

num esuriens fastidis omnia praeter Pavonem rhombumque?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 115:

olus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 15:

pulmentarium,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 23:

cactos in cibis,

Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

fluvialem lupum,

Col. 8, 16, 4: vinum, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59:

euphorbiae sucus fastidiendum odorem habet,

disgusting, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 79:

aures... redundantia ac nimia fastidiunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.—

Trop., of mental aversion, to be disdainful, scornful, haughty; to disdain, despise, scorn.

Neutr.:

ut fastidit gloriosus!

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 34:

vide ut fastidit simia!

id. Most. 4, 2, 4:

in recte factis saepe fastidiunt,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—

With gen. (like taedet):

fastidit mei,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 67; so, mei, Titin. ap. Non. 496, 15:

bonorum,

Lucil. ib. 18.—

Act. (perh. not before the Aug. per.).

With acc.:

(populus) nisi quae terris semota suisque Temporibus defuncta videt, fastidit et odit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 22:

vilice silvarum et agelli, Quem tu fastidis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

lacus et rivos apertos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

vitium amici,

id. S. 1, 3, 44:

preces alicujus,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

hoc lucrum,

Quint. 1, 1, 18:

grammatices elementa tamquam parva,

id. 1, 4, 6:

minores,

Mart. 3, 31, 5:

omnes duces post Alexandrum,

Just. 14, 2:

dominationibus aliis fastiditus (i. e. a prioribus principibus despectus),

Tac. A. 13, 1:

ut quae dicendo refutare non possumus, quasi fastidiendo calcemus,

Quint. 5, 13, 22:

oluscula,

Juv. 11, 80.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects: te cum fastidierit popina dives, etc.,

Mart. 5, 44, 10: somnus agrestium Lenis virorum non humiles domos Fastidit umbrosamve ripam, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23.—In the part. perf.:

laudatus abunde, Non fastiditus si tibi, lector, ero,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 31; cf.:

aliquem non fastiditis annumerare viris,

id. ib. 2, 120:

vetulus bos, ab ingrato jam fastiditus aratro,

Juv. 10, 270.—In the neutr. absol.: res ardua vetustis novitatem dare... fastiditis gratiam, etc., Plin. H. N. praef. § 15.—In the part. fut. pass. with supine:

quia (verba) dictu fastidienda sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

With an object-clause:

a me fastidit amari,

Ov. R. Am. 305:

jocorum legere fastidis genus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 2; Petr. 127:

fastidit praestare hanc inferioribus curam,

Quint. 2, 3, 4:

fastidit balsamum alibi nasci,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135:

an creditis, aequo animo iis servire, quorum reges esse fastidiant?

Curt. 4, 14, 16 et saep.:

ne fastidieris nos in sacerdotum numerum accipere,

Liv. 10, 8, 7:

plebs coepit fastidire, munus vulgatum a civibus isse in socios,

id. 2, 41, 4; Quint. 5, 11, 39.—Hence,

Adv.: fastīdĭenter, disdainfully, scornfully:

parentibus fastidienter appellatis,

App. M. 5, p. 166, 11.—

Part.: fastīdītus, a, um, in act. signif., disdaining, despising (post-Aug.):

ne me putes studia fastiditum,

Petr. 48.

rĕcūsātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

In gen., a declining, refusal.

Lit. (good prose):

disputationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 26:

cotidiana mea recusatio, Hirt. B. G. prooem. § 1: sine ullā recusatione,

Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13:

sine recusatione,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 5; * Caes. B. C. 3, 90. —

Transf.:

stomachi,

loathing, nausea, Petr. 141, 6.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.,

An objection, protest:

neque haec tua recusatio confessio sit captae pecuniae,

Cic. Clu. 53, 148:

poena violatae religionis justam recusationem non habet,

id. Leg. 2, 16, 41. —

A plea in defence, counter-plea (opp. petitio):

judiciale (genus orationum) habet in se accusationem et defensionem, aut petitionem et recusationem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 7; 2, 4, 11; Quint. 4, 4, 6; 5, 6, 5.