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ob-tĕro (opt- ), trīvi, trītum, 3 (
I.pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.
I. To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.).—Lit.: “ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5: “ranas,” Phaedr. 1, 30, 1: “puerum,” Suet. Ner. 5: “homines,” Liv. 27, 41: “caput saxo,” Luc. 6, 276: “locustarum ova,” Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 105: “crura,” Col. 8, 8: “in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,” crushed by the crowd, Liv. 30, 5.—
II. Trop., to crush, trample on, degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroy: “meaeque pugnae proeliares plurumae optritae jacent?” Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 17: “calumniam,” Cic. Caecin. 7, 18: “laudem imperatoriam,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 2: “obtrectationes,” id. Fam. 5, 9, 1: “jura populi,” Liv. 3, 56: “legionarios,” Tac. A. 15, 11: “Graeciam,” Just. 5, 2, 11: “militem verbis,” to degrade, Liv. 24, 15: “Penates,” Sen. Oed. 645: “vulgi omne cadaver,” Juv. 3, 260.—*
III. To rub: “dentes carbone,” App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.9.1
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 7.18
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.2
    • Plautus, Curculio, 4.4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.11
    • Suetonius, Nero, 5
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.276
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.105
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 56.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 56
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 41
    • Seneca, Oedipus, 645
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.8
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