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obtrectātor, ōris, m. [obtrecto], a detractor, traducer, disparager (class.): obtrectator est, qui facit quid contra recte tractantem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 199 Müll.: beneficii, Cic. Fl. 1, 2: multi communes obtrectatores atque omnium invidi, multa finxerunt, id. Planc. 23, 57: obtrectatores et invidi Scipionis, id. Rep. 1, 19, 31; id. Fam 1, 4, 2: non relinquere locum obtrectatorum sermoni, id. Fl. 28, 68: contra inimicos atque obtrectatores, Quint. 11, 1, 23: laudum mearum, Cic. Brut. 1, 2.

        1. (β) With dat.: huic sententiae obtrectatores amici regis erant, Just. 31, 6, 1.

ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. 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.

        1. (α) 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.
        2. (β) 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.
        3. (γ) With inter se, to be rivals: obtrectārunt inter se, Nep. Arist. 1.
        4. (δ) 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.