detrectarer
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. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."