obtero

ob-terō (opt-) trīvī

(subjplup. obtrīsset, L.), trītus, ere, to bruise, crush: ranas, Ph.: in angustiis portarum obtriti, crushed by the crowd, L.— Fig., to crush, trample, degrade, disgrace, ravage, destroy: calumniam: obtrectationes: militem verbis, degrade, L.: volgi omne cadaver, Iu.