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obtineri

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

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.52.3: … m ut aliquid faceret potuit adduci. Iudicabat enim liberis sententiis patrum conscriptorum causam suam facile obtineri.

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.