obtrectatio
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 (Lewis & Short)
obtrectātĭo: ōnis, f. obtrecto,
I an envious detracting, disparaging; detraction, disparagement (class.): obtrectatio est ea, quam intellegi ζηλοτυπίαν volo, aegritudo ex eo, quod alter quoque potiatur eo, quod ipse concupiverit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: invidia atque obtrectatio, id. Inv. 1, 11, 16; cf. id. Brut. 42, 156 Orell. N. cr.; Liv. 28, 40: et malevolentia, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15: et invidentia, id. Tusc. 4, 7, 16: et livor, Tac. H. 1, 1: malevolentissimae, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7; cf.: malevolorum obtrectationes et invidias prosternere, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: adversus gloriam, Liv. 28, 40.—
(b) With gen. obj.: laudis, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: gloriae alienae, Liv. 2, 40.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtrectātĭō,¹² ōnis, f. (obtrecto), dénigrement, action de rabaisser, jalousie : Cic. Tusc. 4, 18 ; Br. 156 ; Font. 26 ; laudis Cæs. C. 1, 7, 1, ravalement du mérite d’autrui || esprit de dénigrement : Cic. Q. 1, 1, 43 ; Liv. 30, 20, 3.
