obtinere

obtinere is a Latin form of obtineo, meaning “hold, keep, possess; maintain; obtain”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 77 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.1.5: [Eorum una pars, quam Gallos obtinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum, attingit etiam ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, vergit ad septentriones.

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.