The corpus record — Latin

obtueor

indic. pres

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Where it lives

Mostellaria 3 · 3.12/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Punica 6 · 0.79/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.75/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ob-tŭĕor — Lewis & Short

ob-tŭĕor, ēri (archaic

I inf. obtuērĭer, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19.—A collat. form, obtŭ-or, is assumed to explain indic. pres. obtuĕre, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 66; 3, 2, 153; and inf. obtŭi, Att. ap. Non. 160, 1; Trag. Rel. v. 285 Rib. al.), v. dep. a.

I To look at, gaze upon (ante-class.; cf.: intueor, adspicio): aliquem, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 66; id. Am. 3, 2, 19: terram, to look down, i. e. be cast down, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 17.—

II To see, behold, perceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 153.

In the wild

obtutus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 24.6.8
obtutumque Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.25
obtutu Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.4
obtutu Statius, Thebais 1.493
optutu Cicero, De Officiis 1.146.p1
obtutus Silius Italicus, Punica 3.493

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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