speak against Copy link Outline I. To speak in opposition toII. To use hostile or reproachful language against any one1. mălĕdīco, 3 (with dat.)2. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (usu. rather to interrupt a person who is speaking3. invĕhor, ctus, 3 (to launch out in attack of any one4. expr. by maledicta in aliquem dicere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3 • speak against: I. To speak in opposition to: expr. by contra and acc., with dico or loquor: to s. against any one's civil status, c. caput alicujus dicere, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (contradicere with dat. = to contradict): v. against. II. To use hostile or reproachful language against any one: 1. mălĕdīco, 3 (with dat.): v. to revile, abuse. Also, male loqui alicui, Pl.: not so constr. in Cic.: but comp. id. R. Am. 48, 140, where m. loqui [absol.] = maledicta dicere. 2. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (usu. rather to interrupt a person who is speaking: with dat.): Cat. 83, 4. 3. invĕhor, ctus, 3 (to launch out in attack of any one: with acc.): to s. bitterly and insultingly against any one, acerbe contumelioseque in aliquem i., Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 304: v. to inveigh against. 4. expr. by maledicta in aliquem dicere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3: conferre, id. Att. 11, 8.