obtrecto
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English
obtrecto obtrectare, obtrectavi, obtrectatus V :: detract from; disparage, belittle
Latin > English (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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtrectō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, intr. et tr. (ob, tracto), dénigrer, rabaisser, critiquer par jalousie [être jaloux de ce qu’un autre a ce qu’on possède soi-même, v. Cic. Tusc. 4, 56 ] : alicui, alicui rei Cic. Tusc. 4, 56 ; Pomp. 21, dénigrer qqn, qqch. ; [avec l’acc.] laudes alicujus Liv. 45, 37, rabaisser la gloire de qqn, cf. Tac. Ann. 1, 17 ; D. 25 || abst] Cic. Ac. 2, 76.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
