detracter
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detracto, detractare, detractavi, detractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from;; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightingly of; reduce/depreciate/detract from;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Giton sub insolito fasce durabat, et mercennarius Corax, detractator ministerii, posita frequentius sarcina male dicebat properantibus, affirmabatque..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...verbera plura ferunt, quam quos iuvat usus aratri, detractant prensi dum iuga prima boves. asper equus duris contunditur..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...caesa eo die scribit; Cato ipse, haud sane detractator laudum suarum, multos caesos ait, numerum non adscribit. Tria..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...statuunt. Instruitur acies, nec Veiens hostis Etruscaeque legiones detractant. Prope certa spes erat non magis secum pugnaturos quam..."