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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.—
(β). With dat.: “huic sententiae obtrectatores amici regis erant,” Just. 31, 6, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Plancius, 23.57
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.23
    • Cicero, Brutus, 1.2
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