obtrecto

ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and 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.
• • • • • α 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.—
        • β 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.—
        • γ With inter se, to be rivals: obtrectārunt inter se, Nep. Arist. 1. —
        • δ Absol.: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono, Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56: obtrectandi causā, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 24, 76: ne aut obstare aut obtrectare praesens videretur, Suet. Tib. 10.

obtrecto, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. tracto), aus Mißgunst jmdm. entgegenarbeiten, jmds. Widersacher sein, jmd. od. jmds. Taten u. Talente verkleinern, um sich zu erheben, jmdm. aus Neid zuwider sein, ihm Abbruch tun, m. Dat., alci, Cic.: gloriae, laudibus alcis, Liv.: legi alcis, Cic.: inter se, Nep.: m. Acc. (s. Weißenb. Liv. 45, 37, 6), laudes, Liv.: deorum numen (Macht), Val. Max.: eorum poëmata, Gell.: absol., ne aut obstare auf obtrectare videretur, Suet. Tib. 10, 1.

obtrectō, (12) āvī, ātum, āre, intr. et tr. (ob, tracto), dénigrer, rabaisser, critiquer par jalousie [être jaloux de ce quʼun autre a ce quʼon possède soi-même, v. Cic. Tusc. 4, 56 ] : alicui, alicui rei Cic. Tusc. 4, 56 ; Pomp. 21, dénigrer qqn, qqch. ; [avec lʼacc.] laudes alicujus Liv. 45, 37, rabaisser la gloire de qqn, cf. Tac. Ann. 1, 17 ; D. 25 || [abs^t ] Cic. Ac. 2, 76.

obtrecto , as, are. n. (tracto.)
謗怨。襃。貶人。罪之。— ei 嫉妒人。— legi 抗律。

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obtrectō āvī, ātus, āre

• ob+tracto, to detract from, belittle, disparage, underrate, decry: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono: alteri: gloriae suae, L.: curam, carp at, Ph.: eius laudes, L.: obtrectarunt inter se, decried one another, N.