detrectavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Marcellus, extemplo in aciem copias eduxit; neque Hannibal detrectavit. Mille fere passuum inter urbem erant castraque; eo spatio..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...inriti bellumque propalam sumptum a Parthis. nec Paetus detrectavit, sed duabus legionibus, quarum quartum Funisulanus Vettonianus..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...casum dare proelioque experiri statuit. nec detrectavit pugnam Gotarzes deminutis hostibus ferox; concursumque magna caede et ambiguo eventu..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...duaeque alae in cornibus locantur. nec Tacfarinas pugnam detrectavit. fusi Numidae, multosque post annos Furio nomini partum decus..."