obtinentis
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;
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...peditum imperare, quadringentos equites, et Cn. Seruilio Galliam obtinenti prouinciam litteras mittere, ut sescentos equites conscriberet. hunc exercitum..."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..."
