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.—
obtrectātĭo , ōnis, f. obtrecto,