obtentus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obtineō.

Participle

obtentus (feminine obtenta, neuter obtentum); first/second-declension participle

1. occupied, possessed, held
2. maintained, upheld

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	obtentus	obtenta	obtentum		obtentī	obtentae	obtenta
genitive	obtentī	obtentae	obtentī		obtentōrum	obtentārum	obtentōrum
dative	obtentō	obtentae	obtentō		obtentīs
accusative	obtentum	obtentam	obtentum		obtentōs	obtentās	obtenta
ablative	obtentō	obtentā	obtentō		obtentīs
vocative	obtente	obtenta	obtentum		obtentī	obtentae	obtenta

Noun

obtentus m (genitive obtentūs); fourth declension

1. pretence, pretext

   Synonym: speciēs

2. covering, veil

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	obtentus	obtentūs
genitive	obtentūs	obtentuum
dative	obtentuī	obtentibus
accusative	obtentum	obtentūs
ablative	obtentū	obtentibus
vocative	obtentus	obtentūs

References

• “obtentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obtentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "obtentus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• obtentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.