obtrecto
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
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
