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optinentis

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 →
    gen. sg. pres. act. part.

Examples

  • M

    Liber X

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...traditur, ut, cum ei summam in scholis opinionem optinenti causa in foro esset oranda, inpense petierit uti subsellia..."
  • P

    Liber III

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...insignia triumphi adeptus, datusque rector G. Caesari Armeniam optinenti. Tiberium quoque Rhodi agentem coluerat: quod tunc patefecit..."

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