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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + trāctō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dētrectō (present infinitive dētrectāre, perfect active dētrectāvī, supine dētrectātum); first conjugation
- to refuse, decline, reject or evade
- Synonyms: āspernor, vītō, ēvītō, abstineō, renūntiō, deficiō, exeō, āversor, effugiō, fugiō, evadō, parcō
- Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō
- to be reluctant or hesitant
- to disparage, belittle, depreciate
- Synonyms: contemnō, dēprimō, premō
Conjugation
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References
- “detrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detrecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- detrecto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
- to decline battle: pugnam detrectare (Liv. 3. 60)
- detrecto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016