obtrecto

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈtrek.toː/, [ɔpˈt̪rɛkt̪oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈtrek.to/, [obˈt̪rɛkt̪o]

Verb

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

I disparage, underrate, decry
I 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		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obtrectāre	obtrectāvisse	obtrectātūrum esse	obtrectārī	obtrectātum esse	obtrectātum īrī
participles		obtrectāns	—	obtrectātūrus	—	obtrectātus	obtrectandus
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare