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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + terō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obterō (present infinitive obterere, perfect active obtrīvī, supine obtrītum); third conjugation
- to bruise, crush or break to pieces
- to degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroy
Conjugation
References
- “obtero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obtero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obtero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to trample under foot: pedibus obterere, conculcare