optinentibus
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. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
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Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Haec inventas ab inventore et subiectas res ab optinentibus significat, ut "Cererem corruptam undis", et "receptus terra Neptunus..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...enim armatis Cassio et Bruto ac Philippensis campos optinentibus belli civilis causa populum per contiones incendo? an illi..."