obtinebat

obtinebat is a Latin form of obtineo, meaning “hold, keep, possess; maintain; obtain”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 46 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.3.4: itemque Dumnorigi Haeduo, fratri Diviciaci, qui eo tempore principatum in civitate obtinebat ac maxime plebi acceptus erat, ut idem conaretur persuadet eique filiam suam in matrimonium dat.

All forms of obtineo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.