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obtentus2

Part., from obtendo.—

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Where it lives

Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k
Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

1. obtentus — Lewis & Short

obtentus, a, um.

I Part., from obtendo.—

II Part., from obtineo.

2. ob-tentus — Lewis & Short

ob-tentus (opt-), ūs, m.obtendo.

I A drawing, spreading, or placing before (poet. and post-Aug.).

A Lit.: obtentu togae, tamquam se amiciens, ne videretur, Gell. 11, 18, 14: frondis, Verg. A. 11, 66: nubium, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2.—

B Trop., a pretence, pretext, color (cf.: simulatio, species): obtentum habere, Tac. A. 12, 7: tempora reipublicae obtentui sumpta, assumed as a pretext, id. ib. 1, 10: sub obtentu liberationis, Just. 5, 8, 12: damnationis, Lact. 2, 4, 36: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 6.—

II (Acc. to obtendo, II.) A covering, cover, veil (post-class.): quia secundae res mire sunt vitiis optentui, Sall. H. 1, 41, 24: vera sunt, quae loquuntur poëtae, sed obtentu aliquo specieque velata, disguise, allegorical dress, Lact. 1, 11: non terror obtentui est, a hinderance, Nazar. Pan. Constant. 5.

In the wild

obtentui Tacitus, Historiae 1.50
obtentui Tacitus, Historiae 2.15
obtentui Sallust, Historiae Lep.p4
obtentui Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 9.1
obtentui Tacitus, Annales 1.p10

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