optinens
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quippe quem poenae expetit letoque Acastus regna Thessalica optinens. senio trementem debili atque aeuo grauem patrem peremptum queritur..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Phoenica profectos -, homo igitur acutus, causam non optinens repugnante natura verba versare coepit et primum rebus iis, quas..."