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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 Vdetract from; disparage, belittle -
2 obtrecto
ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [tracto], to detract from through envy; to disparage, underrate, decry; to be opposed to; to thwart; to injure a person or thing (class.; syn. detrecto; cf.: aemulo, invideo); constr. with dat. or acc.(α).With dat.:(β).obtrectare alicui,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46:bonis,
id. Phil. 10, 3, 6:gloriae alicujus,
Liv. 36, 34; Suet. Ner. 18:laudibus ducis,
Liv. 8, 36:legi, atque causae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21.—With acc. (so perh. not ante-Aug.):(γ). (δ).sin livor obtrectare curam voluerit,
to detract from, carp at, Phaedr. 2 epil. 10:laudes alicujus,
Liv. 45, 37:urbanas excubias,
Tac. A. 1, 17: se invicem, id. Or. 25.—Absol.:obtrectantis est angi alieno bono,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56:obtrectandi causā,
id. Ac. 2, 24, 76:ne aut obstare aut obtrectare praesens videretur,
Suet. Tib. 10.
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