depreciate Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To undervalue1. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (with de and abl.)2. dētrecto, 1 (with direct acc.3. ēlĕvo, 1 (to make light of)4. obtrecto, 1 (with dat. • depreciate: I. Lit.: to lower in price: dēprĕtio, 1 (rare): Paul. dig. (better, de pretio detrahere; rem viliorem reddere): v. to cheapen. II. To undervalue: 1. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (with de and abl.): to d. (detract from the merits of) the Senate, de Senatu d.: Cic.: Nep.: v. to disparage. 2. dētrecto, 1 (with direct acc.: not in Cic.): to d. the fame of Cicero, Ciceronis gloriam d., Dial. Or.: Liv. 3. ēlĕvo, 1 (to make light of): to d. any one's noble deeds, praeclara facta alicujus el., Liv. 4. obtrecto, 1 (with dat.: stronger than Eng.): v. TO UNDERRATE, disparage.
DEPRECIATE Copy link • DEPRECIATETo lessen the price, levare pretia alicujus rei: to depreciate corn, annonam laxare or levare; ☞ depretiare late; Paullus, Dig., 9, 2, 22. To undervalue, detrabere de aliqua re, or de aliquo (to depreciate or detract from the value of anything, or anybody): to speak of anybody in order to depreciate his character, de aliquo detrahendi causa dicere: to depreciate anybody’s actions, elevare res gestas; elevare alicujus praeclare acta (Liv.); anybody’s credit or authority, elevare aliquem or alicujus auctoritatem; levare alicujus auctoritatem: to depreciate or speak against anybody, or anything, obtrectare alicui, and alicui rei, or (seldomer) aliquid; alicujus laudibus and alicujus laudes: every one extols himself and depreciates his neighbor, ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium (Liv.).