Obtero, óbteris, pen. cor. obtríui, obtrîtum, pen. prod. obtérere. Liu.To tread or thrust downe: to bruise: to suffocate: to hurt with ill wordes: to dispraise.Eques obtriuit pabula. Luc. The horsemen trode vnder foote.Hostem obterere. Lucan. Artem.Cic.Calumnia obterere atque contundere.Cic.To confound and with strong reasous to confute a false accusation.Iura obterere.Liu.To destroy lawes and treade them vnder foote.Laudes maiorum.Cic.To diminishe or disgrace the praises of, &c.Maiestatem. Pop. Rom. senescentem. Liu.To beare downe & treade vnder foote the maiestie. &c.Militem verbis obterere.Liu.Prosternere atque obterere obtrectationes & inuidias maleuolorum. Vatinius Cicer.Stowtly to beare downe and treade vnder foote. &c.Vis quædam obterit res humanas. Lucr. Vestigia obterunt. Plin. The steps of beastes doe bruise them. Obterebat laudes eius. Curt. To diminishe or depraue ones praise and commendation with ill wordes.Ne obteri laudem imperatoriam criminibus auaritiæ velitis.Cicer.Let not the praise of martiall prowesse be disgraced, with the reproch of couetousnesse.Religio pedibus obteritur. Lucr. Obterere. Col. To bruise in a morter or otherwise.
Obtritus, Vide OBTERO.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ob-tĕro (opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 (pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.I.To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.).—Lit.: ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5: ranas, Phaedr. 1, 30, 1: puerum, Suet. Ner. 5: homines, Liv. 27, 41: caput saxo, Luc. 6, 276: locustarum ova, Plin. 11, 29, 35, 105: crura, Col. 8, 8: in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,