detrectare
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;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...alieni et Lusitanorum quaedam oppida, quanquam nec imperata detrectarent et advenienti portas patefacerent, diripuit hostiliter. In Gallia fana..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...figuram accipit. CIV. Praeter haec Celsus excludere, adseverare, detrectare, excitare iudicem, proverbiis uti et versibus et ioco..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...amor eorum venisset. nam oblectamentis principis palam iniquum detrectare vim eius equos regentis, inludere vocem, quotiens caneret. quem..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...belli purgavit, patris quippe iussa nec potuisse filium detrectare, simul nobilitatem domus, etiam ipsius quoquo modo meriti gravem..."