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obtrecto

obtrecto · v. n

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Where it lives

Aristides 1 · 29.24/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 3 · 2.74/10k
Tiberius 2 · 2.2/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Lucullus 2 · 1.11/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 5 · 0.88/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 1 · 0.88/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 8 1 · 0.77/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ob-trecto — Lewis & Short

ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I 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.

(a) With dat.: 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.—

(b) With acc. (so perh. not ante-Aug.): 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.—

(g) With inter se, to be rivals: obtrectārunt inter se, Nep. Arist. 1. —

(d) 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.

In the wild

obtrectantibus Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 p41
obtrectante Silius Italicus, Punica 16.12
obtrectare Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.15.1
obtrectare Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae 2.epilogus.10
obtrectarunt Cornelius Nepos, Aristides 1
obtrectare Apuleius, Florida 9.p1

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