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obtineret

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

Found 44 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.35.4: … mpetraret, sese, quoniam M. Messala, M. Pisone consulibus senatus censuisset uti quicumque Galliam provinciam obtineret, quod commodo rei publicae facere posset, Haeduos ceterosque amicos populi Romani defenderet, se Haeduorum in …

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.