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Dictionary entries

  • obtineo, obtinere, obtinui, obtentus:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
  • obtendo, obtendere, obtendi, obtentus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = stretch/spread before/over; hide, envelop, conceal; plead as an excuse;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • Gaius Valerius Flaccus

    Liber Tertius

    Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA

    "...fata trahunt raptusque virum certamine ductor ibat et obtenta mulcebat lumina palla. hic vero ingenti repetuntur pectora luctu..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Duodecimus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...ipsa manu ramosque oleae uittasque precantes tradit, et obtenta summittere lumina palla et praeferre docet uacuas sine manibus..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Quintus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...uulgi (nec facilis Nemea latas euoluere uires, quippe obtenta comis et ineluctabilis umbra), pande nefas laudesque tuas gemitusque..."
  • P

    Liber I

    P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics

    "...perhibent, aut intempesta silet nox semper et obtenta densentur nocte tenebrae; aut redit a nobis Aurora diemque reducit..."

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