obtrecto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin tractō

Latin obtrectō

From ob- + tractō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈtrɛk.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈtrɛk.to]

Verb

obtrectō (present infinitive obtrectāre, perfect active obtrectāvī, supine obtrectātum); first conjugation

to disparage, underrate, decry
to thwart

Conjugation

Conjugation of obtrectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obtrectō	obtrectās		obtrectat	obtrectāmus	obtrectātis		obtrectant
	imperfect	obtrectābam	obtrectābās		obtrectābat	obtrectābāmus	obtrectābātis		obtrectābant
	future	obtrectābō	obtrectābis		obtrectābit	obtrectābimus	obtrectābitis		obtrectābunt
	perfect	obtrectāvī	obtrectāvistī		obtrectāvit	obtrectāvimus	obtrectāvistis		obtrectāvērunt, obtrectāvēre
	pluperfect	obtrectāveram	obtrectāverās		obtrectāverat	obtrectāverāmus	obtrectāverātis		obtrectāverant
	future perfect	obtrectāverō	obtrectāveris		obtrectāverit	obtrectāverimus	obtrectāveritis		obtrectāverint
passive	present	obtrector	obtrectāris, obtrectāre		obtrectātur	obtrectāmur	obtrectāminī		obtrectantur
	imperfect	obtrectābar	obtrectābāris, obtrectābāre		obtrectābātur	obtrectābāmur	obtrectābāminī		obtrectābantur
	future	obtrectābor	obtrectāberis, obtrectābere		obtrectābitur	obtrectābimur	obtrectābiminī		obtrectābuntur
	perfect	obtrectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtrectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtrectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obtrectem	obtrectēs		obtrectet	obtrectēmus	obtrectētis		obtrectent
	imperfect	obtrectārem	obtrectārēs		obtrectāret	obtrectārēmus	obtrectārētis		obtrectārent
	perfect	obtrectāverim	obtrectāverīs		obtrectāverit	obtrectāverīmus	obtrectāverītis		obtrectāverint
	pluperfect	obtrectāvissem	obtrectāvissēs		obtrectāvisset	obtrectāvissēmus	obtrectāvissētis		obtrectāvissent
passive	present	obtrecter	obtrectēris, obtrectēre		obtrectētur	obtrectēmur	obtrectēminī		obtrectentur
	imperfect	obtrectārer	obtrectārēris, obtrectārēre		obtrectārētur	obtrectārēmur	obtrectārēminī		obtrectārentur
	perfect	obtrectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtrectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obtrectā		—	—	obtrectāte		—
active	future	—	obtrectātō		obtrectātō	—	obtrectātōte		obtrectantō
passive	present	—	obtrectāre		—	—	obtrectāminī		—
passive	future	—	obtrectātor		obtrectātor	—	—		obtrectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obtrectāre		obtrectārī		obtrectāns		—
future		obtrectātūrum esse		obtrectātum īrī		obtrectātūrus		obtrectandus
perfect		obtrectāvisse		obtrectātum esse		—		obtrectātus
future perfect		—		obtrectātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		obtrectātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obtrectandī	obtrectandō		obtrectandum	obtrectandō	obtrectātum		obtrectātū

References

“obtrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obtrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“obtrecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare