disparage Copy link Outline 1. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. with de)2. dētrecto, 1 (with acc. of person4. dētĕro, trīvi, trītum, 35. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (stronger than the preced.6. ēlĕvo, 1 • disparage: 1. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. with de): to d. (any one's) achievements, de rebus gestis aliquid d., Nep.: Cic.: such an acc. as gloriam, dignitatem, laudem, may be added, with dat. of person: v. to detract from. 2. dētrecto, 1 (with acc. of person: not Cic.): to d. the ancient orators, antiquos oratores d., Auct. dial. or.: to d. the genius of Homer, ingenium Homeri d., Ov.: Liv. 3. obtrecto, 1 (with dat. of person): Cic.; also ob. laudibus alicujus, Liv.: v. to decry. (Obtrecto denotes more direct hostility than the preced.) 4. dētĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3: to d. great Caesar's fame, laudes egregii Caesaris d., Ov. 5. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (stronger than the preced.: detero is to impair only, obtero to decry, run down): to d. soldiers, as fetched from slaves' dungeons, ex ergastulis militem ob., Liv. 6. ēlĕvo, 1: v. to depreciate.