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obtrecto
obtrecto
Latin
Verb
obtrectō (present infinitive obtrectāre, perfect active obtrectāvī, supine obtrectātum); first conjugation
Inflection
References
- obtrecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obtrecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obtrecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare