(verb) : ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, and
* A. [tracto], to detract from through envy; to disparage, underrate, decry; to be opposed to; to thwart; to injure a person or thing (class.; syn. detrecto; cf.: aemulo, invideo); constr. with dat. or acc.
* With dat.: obtrectare alicui,Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46: bonis,id. Phil. 10, 3, 6: gloriae alicujus,Liv. 36, 34; Suet. Ner. 18: laudibus ducis,Liv. 8, 36: legi, atque causae,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21.
* With acc. (so perh. not ante-Aug.): sin livor obtrectare curam voluerit,to detract from, carp at,Phaedr. 2 epil. 10: laudes alicujus,Liv. 45, 37: urbanas excubias,Tac. A. 1, 17: se invicem, id. Or. 25.
* With inter se, to be rivals: obtrectārunt inter se,Nep. Arist. 1.
* Absol.: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono,Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56: obtrectandi causā,id. Ac. 2, 24, 76: ne aut obstare aut obtrectare praesens videretur,Suet. Tib. 10.

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