optinendis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →optineo, optinere, optinui, optentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail;
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habet pessumis despicatam modis Nec mihi ius meum optinendi optiost. MY. Mira sunt, uera si praedicas: nam uiri..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...alio nomine vocanda est intentio quidquid velis optinendi, si ad potiora vertisset, quantum boni efficere potuisset! Quamquam minor..."
