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  • 1 obtrectō

        obtrectō āvī, ātus, āre    [ob+tracto], to detract from, belittle, disparage, underrate, decry: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono: alteri: gloriae suae, L.: curam, carp at, Ph.: eius laudes, L.: obtrec<*>arunt inter se, decried one another, N.
    * * *
    obtrectare, obtrectavi, obtrectatus V
    detract from; disparage, belittle

    Latin-English dictionary > obtrectō

  • 2 dētrāctō

        dētrāctō    see dētrectō.
    * * *
    detractare, detractavi, detractatus V TRANS
    refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from

    Latin-English dictionary > dētrāctō

  • 3 detrecto

    detrectare, detrectavi, detrectatus V TRANS
    refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from

    Latin-English dictionary > detrecto

  • 4 mica

    mīca, ae, f. [root smic-; Gr. smikros, mikros; cf. micula; O. Germ. smahan, to belittle], a crumb, little bit, morsel, grain ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mica panis,

    Petr. 42:

    auri,

    Lucr. 1, 839:

    marmoris,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68:

    salis,

    a grain of salt, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37:

    amomi,

    id. 12, 18, 41, § 83:

    saliens (i. e. salis) mica,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 12:

    tus in micas friatur,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65:

    de micis puerorum,

    Vulg. Marc. 7, 28.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A small diningroom, Mart. 2, 59, 1; Sen. Ep. 51, 12.—
    B.
    In gen., a little bit, a grain:

    nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,

    a grain of sense, Cat. 86, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mica

  • 5 vellico

    vellĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vello], to pluck, twitch, pinch, nip (syn. carpo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cornix vulturios vellicat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 148:

    puer, quid fieret, interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 41:

    saetas,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 32:

    vellicata blande auricula suscitavit,

    Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of bees:

    nullius opus,

    to suck, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To wake up, arouse by twitching:

    excitandus e somno et vellicandus est animus admonendusque,

    Sen. Ep. 20, 11; 63, 1.—
    B.
    To pluck or twitch in speaking, i. e. to twit, taunt, carp, rail at (cf. rodo):

    contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nectent, sibilent, vellicent, vocent, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 73:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant, maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    quod vellicet absentem Demetrius,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 79; cf.:

    nullum est tam plenum beneficium, quod non vellicare malignitas possit,

    belittle, Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2:

    (puella) te vellicet,

    Prop. 2, 5, 8; Gell. 4, 15, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vellico

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  • belittle — (v.) 1781, to make small, from BE (Cf. be ) + LITTLE (Cf. little) (v.); first recorded in writings of Thomas Jefferson (and probably coined by him), who was roundly execrated for it in England: Belittle! What an expression! It may be an elegant… …   Etymology dictionary

  • belittle — is, to the surprise of many, an Americanism, disapproved of by Fowler (1926) as an ‘undesirable alien’, at least in its meaning ‘decry, depreciate’. • (Never belittle anything that your patients earnestly believe Oxford Companion to US History,… …   Modern English usage

  • Belittle — Be*lit tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • belittle — index cavil, condescend (patronize), contemn, decry, defame, demean (make lower), demote, denigrate …   Law dictionary

  • belittle — depreciate, disparage, derogate, detract, minimize, *decry Analogous words: underestimate, undervalue, underrate (see base words at ESTIMATE): diminish, reduce, lessen, *decrease Antonyms: aggrandize, magnify Contrasted words: *exalt: heighten,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • belittle — [v] detract bad mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size*, cut to the quick*, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on*, knock*, lower, minimize, pan,… …   New thesaurus

  • belittle — ► VERB ▪ dismiss as unimportant …   English terms dictionary

  • belittle — ☆ belittle [bē lit′ l, bilit′ l ] vt. belittled, belittling [coined ( c. 1780) by JEFFERSON Thomas] to make seem little, less important, etc.; speak slightingly of; depreciate SYN. DISPARAGE belittlement n. belittler n …   English World dictionary

  • belittle — [[t]bɪlɪ̱t(ə)l[/t]] belittles, belittling, belittled VERB If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good. [V n] We mustn t belittle her outstanding achievement... [V n] It makes no sense to… …   English dictionary

  • belittle — UK [bɪˈlɪt(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms belittle : present tense I/you/we/they belittle he/she/it belittles present participle belittling past tense belittled past participle belittled to say or think that someone or something is… …   English dictionary

  • belittle — See belittle, disparage …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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