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ob-tendo , di, tum, 3, v. a.
I. To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
A. Lit.
1. Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82: “sudarium ante faciem,Suet. Ner. 48.—Poet.: “obtentā nocte,” i. e. in dark night, Verg. G. 1, 248.—
2. Pass., with mid. force: “oculis membrana obtenditur,spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153: “Britannia Germaniae obtenditur,lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—
B. Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse: “matris preces obtendens,Tac. A. 3, 17: “ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,id. ib. 1, 26: “valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,id. ib. 3, 35: “suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15: “qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,Lact. 4, 24, 10: “quid poterimus obtendere,plead what excuse, Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.—
II. Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.
A. Lit.: “obtendunt limina silvis,Stat. Th. 2, 248: “lucem pulvere,Sil. 10, 228: “diem nube atrā,Tac. H. 3, 56.—
B. Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop: “quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
2. To spread over, make a cover for: “Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,” i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.5
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.82
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.248
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 44.16
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.17
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.36
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.56
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 10
    • Suetonius, Nero, 48
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.6.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.15
    • Statius, Thebias, 2
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