The corpus record — Latin

obloquor

obloquor · v. dep

to speak against

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Where it lives

Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Cistellaria 2 · 3.82/10k
Curculio 2 · 3.24/10k
Thyestes 1 · 1.59/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 1 · 0.57/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ob-lŏquor — Lewis & Short

ob-lŏquor, locūtus, 3, v. dep.

I In gen., to speak against a person or thing; to interrupt a speaker; to gainsay, contradict (class.; syn. interpello); constr. with dat. or absol.

(a) With dat.: alicui, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 46: vestra exspectatio, quae mihi obloqui videtur, Cic. Clu. 23, 63.—

(b) Absol.: obloquere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 41: te blaterare atque obloqui? Afran. ap. Non. 78, 33: ut me et appelles, et interpelles, et obloquare, et colloquare, velim, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 1: ferocissime, Curt. 10, 2, 30.—

II In partic.

A To sing to, to accompany or join in singing (poet.): non avis obloquitur, Ov. P. 3, 1, 21: obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum, mingles the notes of his lute, accompanies on his lute, Verg. A. 6, 646.—

B To blame, condemn (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 121, 4; Vulg. Psa. 43, 17.—

C To rail at, reproach, abuse (poet.): quod nunc gannit, et obloquitur, Cat. 83, 3.

In the wild

obloquere Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2
obloquere Plautus, Menaechmi 1.2
obloquitur Vergil, Aeneid 6.646
obloquere Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2
obloquitur Ovid, Ex Ponto 3.1.21
obloquentem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.16.p1

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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