obtineamus
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...atram laureatis foribus induet vestem. Hoc unum obtineamus ab illa votis ac precibus publicis, si nondum illi genus..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...saepius nos sollicitant, quonam modo perpetua pace quietos obtineamus. Di immortales ita vos potentes huius consilii fecerunt..."