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obtrectatio

obtrectatio · f

an envious detracting

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Where it lives

Atticus 2 · 5.66/10k
Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
Eumenes 1 · 4.37/10k
Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 1 · 0.76/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 1 · 0.74/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 4 · 0.71/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

obtrectātĭo — Lewis & Short

obtrectātĭo, ōnis, f.obtrecto,

I an envious detracting, disparaging; detraction, disparagement (class.): obtrectatio est ea, quam intellegi zhlotupi/an volo, aegritudo ex eo, quod alter quoque potiatur eo, quod ipse concupiverit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: invidia atque obtrectatio, id. Inv. 1, 11, 16; cf. id. Brut. 42, 156 Orell. N. cr.; Liv. 28, 40: et malevolentia, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15: et invidentia, id. Tusc. 4, 7, 16: et livor, Tac. H. 1, 1: malevolentissimae, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7; cf.: malevolorum obtrectationes et invidias prosternere, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: adversus gloriam, Liv. 28, 40.—

(b) With gen. obj.: laudis, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: gloriae alienae, Liv. 2, 40.

In the wild

obtrectatione Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus 1.1.43
obtrectatio Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 p37
obtrectatione Cicero, Brutus 156
obtrectatione Cicero, De Inventione 2.37
obtrectatione Cicero, De Inventione 1.16.p1
obtrectatio Cornelius Nepos, Atticus 20

6 of 41 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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