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

1. to cast off, turn away, avert, repel

   Synonyms: dīvertō, āvertō, arceō, prōpulsō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, dēmoveō, flectō, trānsvertō

2. to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn

   Synonyms: contemnō, detrectō, spernō, neglegō, cavillor, abiciō

3. to refuse, reject, decline

   Synonyms: negō, detrectō, spernō, āversor, renūntiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of āspernor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	āspernor		āspernāris, āspernāre		āspernātur		āspernāmur		āspernāminī		āspernantur
	imperfect	āspernābar		āspernābāris, āspernābāre		āspernābātur		āspernābāmur		āspernābāminī		āspernābantur
	future	āspernābor		āspernāberis, āspernābere		āspernābitur		āspernābimur		āspernābiminī		āspernābuntur
	perfect	āspernātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āspernātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āspernātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	āsperner		āspernēris, āspernēre		āspernētur		āspernēmur		āspernēminī		āspernentur
	imperfect	āspernārer		āspernārēris, āspernārēre		āspernārētur		āspernārēmur		āspernārēminī		āspernārentur
	perfect	āspernātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āspernātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		āspernāre		—		—		āspernāminī		—
	future	—		āspernātor		āspernātor		—		—		āspernantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		āspernārī			—			āspernāns			—
future		āspernātūrum esse			—			āspernātūrus			āspernandus
perfect		āspernātum esse			—			āspernātus			—
future perfect		āspernātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		āspernātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		āspernandī		āspernandō		āspernandum		āspernandō		āspernātum		āspernātū

Derived terms

• aspernābilis
• aspernāmentum
• aspernanter
• aspernātiō
• aspernātor

Related terms

• spernō

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to refuse, reject a request: repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius
    
  • to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)