(verb) : dē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, , jurid. t. t.
* To repeal a part of a law, to restrict or modify it.
* Prop.: huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest,Cic. Rep. 3, 22; cf.: de lege aliquid derogare aut legem abrogare,id. Inv. 2, 45, 134; id. Cornel. I. Frag. 11: derogatur legi, cum pars detrahitur,Dig. 16, 102.
* Transf., beyond the legal sphere, to take away, detract from, to diminish, to remove, withdraw.
* With de: de magnificentia aut de honestate quiddam,Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 175; cf. id. ib. 2, 17, 53: de testium fide,id. Caecin. 1 fin.
* With ex: si quid ex hac ipsa (aequitate) accusator derogat,Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 136.
* With abstract subjects: quorum virtuti, generi, rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio cupiditatis suspicio derogavit,Cic. Font. 7; Quint. 9, 3, 102: ubi certam derogat vetustas fidem,Liv. 7, 6, 6.
* To disparage, dishonor: et derogastis adversum me verba vostra (i. e. me verbis),Vulg. Ezech. 35, 13.

s. TLL