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optente

Dictionary entries

  • optineo, optinere, optinui, optentus:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail;

    Entry →
    voc. sg. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • L

    Liber V

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...ergo in quo erratur, cum omnes beatam vitam optent? quod instrumenta eius pro ipsa habent et illam..."
  • L

    de Brevitate Vitae

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI

    "...altum sublatis hominibus excidere uoces uidebis quibus otium optent, laudent, omnibus bonis suis praeferant. Cupiunt interim ex illo..."
  • T

    Liber XXXV

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...petere. pacem utrique parti, quod medios deceat amicos, optent: bello se non interponant. idem ferme et Aetolorum legatus..."

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