obtrectator Latin · revision 33722

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obtrectātor''' ''m'' (genitive obtrectātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''optrectātor'',^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and in manuscripts ''obtraectātor''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|obtrectō|-tor|t1=to disparage]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) Festus explained it as one who acts against a person who handles a matter rightly, connecting it with [[m|la|tractō|t=to handle]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first,^(Köbler 2010) as in the ''Pro Flacco'', of a detractor of a kindness.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a person who attacks another in words out of envy or malice, a malicious critic.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of the detractors and enviers of Scipio, of the detractors of his own merits, and of many common detractors, envious of everyone, who invented much.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Quintilian sets enemies and detractors side by side,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Justin uses it with a dative, of the king's friends who opposed a proposal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) A list of synonyms ascribed to Cicero puts it beside ''maledicus'' and ''dētrectātor''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the detractors of Scipio and of his own merits.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, beside enemies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 3rd century AD? – Justin, with a dative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|detractor]], malicious critic, [[m|en|disparager]], traducer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[obtrectō]]

+ * [[obtrectātiō]]

+ * [[dētrectātor]]

+ * [[tractō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}