obtrecto

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin tractō

Latin obtrectō

From ob- + tractō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈtrɛk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈtrɛk.to]

Verb

obtrectō (present infinitive obtrectāre, perfect active obtrectāvī, supine obtrectātum); first conjugation

1. to disparage, underrate, decry
2. to thwart

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obtrectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obtrectō		obtrectās		obtrectat		obtrectāmus		obtrectātis		obtrectant
	imperfect	obtrectābam		obtrectābās		obtrectābat		obtrectābāmus		obtrectābātis		obtrectābant
	future	obtrectābō		obtrectābis		obtrectābit		obtrectābimus		obtrectābitis		obtrectābunt
	perfect	obtrectāvī		obtrectāvistī		obtrectāvit		obtrectāvimus		obtrectāvistis		obtrectāvērunt, obtrectāvēre
	pluperfect	obtrectāveram		obtrectāverās		obtrectāverat		obtrectāverāmus		obtrectāverātis		obtrectāverant
	future perfect	obtrectāverō		obtrectāveris		obtrectāverit		obtrectāverimus		obtrectāveritis		obtrectāverint
passive	present	obtrector		obtrectāris, obtrectāre		obtrectātur		obtrectāmur		obtrectāminī		obtrectantur
	imperfect	obtrectābar		obtrectābāris, obtrectābāre		obtrectābātur		obtrectābāmur		obtrectābāminī		obtrectābantur
	future	obtrectābor		obtrectāberis, obtrectābere		obtrectābitur		obtrectābimur		obtrectābiminī		obtrectābuntur
	perfect	obtrectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtrectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtrectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obtrectem		obtrectēs		obtrectet		obtrectēmus		obtrectētis		obtrectent
	imperfect	obtrectārem		obtrectārēs		obtrectāret		obtrectārēmus		obtrectārētis		obtrectārent
	perfect	obtrectāverim		obtrectāverīs		obtrectāverit		obtrectāverīmus		obtrectāverītis		obtrectāverint
	pluperfect	obtrectāvissem		obtrectāvissēs		obtrectāvisset		obtrectāvissēmus		obtrectāvissētis		obtrectāvissent
passive	present	obtrecter		obtrectēris, obtrectēre		obtrectētur		obtrectēmur		obtrectēminī		obtrectentur
	imperfect	obtrectārer		obtrectārēris, obtrectārēre		obtrectārētur		obtrectārēmur		obtrectārēminī		obtrectārentur
	perfect	obtrectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtrectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obtrectā		—		—		obtrectāte		—
	future	—		obtrectātō		obtrectātō		—		obtrectātōte		obtrectantō
passive	present	—		obtrectāre		—		—		obtrectāminī		—
	future	—		obtrectātor		obtrectātor		—		—		obtrectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obtrectāre			obtrectārī			obtrectāns			—
future		obtrectātūrum esse			obtrectātum īrī			obtrectātūrus			obtrectandus
perfect		obtrectāvisse			obtrectātum esse			—			obtrectātus
future perfect		—			obtrectātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		obtrectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obtrectandī		obtrectandō		obtrectandum		obtrectandō		obtrectātum		obtrectātū

References

• “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