obtrectator
Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον. → Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obtrectātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a detractor, traducer, disparager (class.): obtrectator est, qui facit quid contra recte tractantem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 199 Müll.: beneficii, Cic. Fl. 1, 2: multi communes obtrectatores atque omnium invidi, multa finxerunt, id. Planc. 23, 57: obtrectatores et invidi Scipionis, id. Rep. 1, 19, 31; id. Fam 1, 4, 2: non relinquere locum obtrectatorum sermoni, id. Fl. 28, 68: contra inimicos atque obtrectatores, Quint. 11, 1, 23: laudum mearum, Cic. Brut. 1, 2.—
(b) With dat.: huic sententiae obtrectatores amici regis erant, Just. 31, 6, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtrectātŏr,¹² ōris, m. (obtrecto), détracteur, celui qui dénigre, qui critique : laudum mearum Cic. Br. 2, le détracteur de mes mérites ; [avec le datif] Just. 31, 6, 1.
