(verb) : ob-tĕro (opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 (
* Pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15)
* 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.
* 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.—*
* To rub: dentes carbone,App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15.

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