obtinentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...reiecerit. Ad Cn. Dolabellam proconsulari imperio prouinciam Asiam obtinentem deducta mulier Smyrnaea est. Eadem mulier uirum et filium..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Caesar, turbidus animi ac Marcum Silanum obtinentem Africam metuens, ablatam proconsuli legionem misso in eam rem legato tradidit..."