detrectabitis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detrecto, detrectare, detrectavi, detrectatus:
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;
pl. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...verbo uno compescuit, Quirites vocando qui sacramentum eius detrectabant: divus Augustus vultu et aspectu Actiacas legiones exterruit..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...certaturi ad obsequium, adversam eius fortunam ex aequo detrectabant. in Africa legio cohortesque delectae a Clodio Macro..."