obtrecto
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
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.
