verb transitive

ob-tendo

2nd PP ob-tendere · 3rd PP ob-tendi · 4th PP tum · conj. 3rd

To draw; stretch; spread

To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

poetic •

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.—

Pass., with mid. force: oculis membrana obtenditur, spreads over, Plin. 11, 37,… •

Pass., with mid. force: oculis membrana obtenditur, spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153: Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—

to pretend; allege; plead as an excuse figuratively ••

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.—

to cover; hide; conceal by extension

Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.

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Lit.: obtendunt limina silvis, Stat. Th. 2, 248: lucem pulvere, Sil. 10, 228: diem nube atrā, Tac. H. 3, 56.—

to hide; conceal; envelop figuratively •

Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop: quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—

To spread over; make a cover for •

To spread over, make a cover for: Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat, i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.

Perseus ID: n31953 Key: obtendo