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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.
(α). 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.—
(β). 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.—
(γ). With inter se, to be rivals: “obtrectārunt inter se,” Nep. Arist. 1. —
(δ). 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.
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, On Pompey's Command, 8.21
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