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
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..."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..."