obtentu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obtineo, obtinere, obtinui, obtentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail;
abl. sg. - Entry →obtendo, obtendere, obtendi, obtentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stretch/spread before/over; hide, envelop, conceal; plead as an excuse;
abl. sg. - Entry →obtentus, obtentus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
spreading before; cloaking, disguising, pretext;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...fugitivus praeter oculos forte domini iret, obtentu togae tamquam se amiciens, ne videretur a domino, obstitisset. XV. Aliis..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...omnino dici possint in desides istos ignavosque, qui obtentu philosophiae nominis inutile otium et linguae vitaeque tenebras secuntur..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arbuteis texunt virgis et vimine querno exstructosque toros obtentu frondis inumbrant. hic iuvenem agresti sublimem stramine ponunt: qualem..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Bruti quoque haud abnuit cognomen ut sub eius obtentu cognominis liberator ille populi Romani animus latens opperiretur tempora..."
