obtrecto
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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈtrek.toː/, [ɔpˈt̪rɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈtrek.to/, [obˈt̪rɛkt̪o]
Verb
[edit]obtrectō (present infinitive obtrectāre, perfect active obtrectāvī, supine obtrectātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “obtrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obtrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obtrecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare