ob-tĕro — Lewis & Short
ob-tĕro (opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 (
I pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.
I To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.).—Lit.:
ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5:
ranas,Phaedr. 1, 30, 1:
puerum,Suet. Ner. 5:
homines,Liv. 27, 41:
caput saxo,Luc. 6, 276:
locustarum ova,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 105:
crura,Col. 8, 8:
in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,crushed by the crowd, Liv. 30, 5.—
II Trop., to crush, trample on, degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroy:
meaeque pugnae proeliares plurumae optritae jacent?Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 17:
calumniam,Cic. Caecin. 7, 18:
laudem imperatoriam,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 2:
obtrectationes,id. Fam. 5, 9, 1:
jura populi,Liv. 3, 56:
legionarios,Tac. A. 15, 11:
Graeciam,Just. 5, 2, 11:
militem verbis,to degrade, Liv. 24, 15:
Penates,Sen. Oed. 645:
vulgi omne cadaver,Juv. 3, 260.—*
III To rub:
dentes carbone,App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15.