obtinenti
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. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...peditum imperare, quadringentos equites, et Cn. Seruilio Galliam obtinenti prouinciam litteras mittere, ut sescentos equites conscriberet. hunc exercitum..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...audio accidisse Curtio Rufo. Tenuis adhuc et obscurus, obtinenti Africam comes haeserat. Inclinato die spatiabatur in porticu; offertur..."
