obtineo

Latin

Alternative forms

• optineō

Etymology

From ob- +‎ teneō (“hold; restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈti.ne.oː/, [ɔpˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈti.ne.o/, [obˈt̪iːneo]

Verb

obtineō (present infinitive obtinēre, perfect active obtinuī, supine obtentum); second conjugation

1. to have, occupy, possess, hold, obtain

   Synonyms: habeō, possideō, teneō, comprehendō, capiō, obsideō, occupō, compleō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:

     Eorum una pars, quam Gallos obtinere dictum est

     Another part of the country, which has already been said to contain the Gauls.

2. to preserve, keep, maintain, uphold; persist in

   Synonyms: teneō, servō, retineō, contineō, cū̆stōdiō

3. to assert, show, prove, demonstrate, maintain

   Synonyms: affirmō, aiō, firmō, contendō, fīgō

4. to gain, acquire, obtain, achieve, win

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, lucror, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, ūsūrpō, comparō, apīscor, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

5. to maintain oneself, prevail, succeed, last, stand, continue

   Synonyms: impetrō, perpetrō, ēvincō

Conjugation

Conjugation of obtineō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtineō	obtinēs	obtinet	obtinēmus	obtinētis	obtinent
	imperfect	obtinēbam	obtinēbās	obtinēbat	obtinēbāmus	obtinēbātis	obtinēbant
	future	obtinēbō	obtinēbis	obtinēbit	obtinēbimus	obtinēbitis	obtinēbunt
	perfect	obtinuī	obtinuistī	obtinuit	obtinuimus	obtinuistis	obtinuērunt, obtinuēre
	pluperfect	obtinueram	obtinuerās	obtinuerat	obtinuerāmus	obtinuerātis	obtinuerant
	future perfect	obtinuerō	obtinueris	obtinuerit	obtinuerimus	obtinueritis	obtinuerint
passive	present	obtineor	obtinēris, obtinēre	obtinētur	obtinēmur	obtinēminī	obtinentur
	imperfect	obtinēbar	obtinēbāris, obtinēbāre	obtinēbātur	obtinēbāmur	obtinēbāminī	obtinēbantur
	future	obtinēbor	obtinēberis, obtinēbere	obtinēbitur	obtinēbimur	obtinēbiminī	obtinēbuntur
	perfect	obtentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtineam	obtineās	obtineat	obtineāmus	obtineātis	obtineant
	imperfect	obtinērem	obtinērēs	obtinēret	obtinērēmus	obtinērētis	obtinērent
	perfect	obtinuerim	obtinuerīs	obtinuerit	obtinuerīmus	obtinuerītis	obtinuerint
	pluperfect	obtinuissem	obtinuissēs	obtinuisset	obtinuissēmus	obtinuissētis	obtinuissent
passive	present	obtinear	obtineāris, obtineāre	obtineātur	obtineāmur	obtineāminī	obtineantur
	imperfect	obtinērer	obtinērēris, obtinērēre	obtinērētur	obtinērēmur	obtinērēminī	obtinērentur
	perfect	obtentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obtinē	—	—	obtinēte	—
	future	—	obtinētō	obtinētō	—	obtinētōte	obtinentō
passive	present	—	obtinēre	—	—	obtinēminī	—
	future	—	obtinētor	obtinētor	—	—	obtinentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obtinēre	obtinuisse	obtentūrum esse	obtinērī	obtentum esse	obtentum īrī
participles		obtinēns	—	obtentūrus	—	obtentus	obtinendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obtinendī	obtinendō	obtinendum	obtinendō	obtentum	obtentū

Derived terms

• obtentiō
• obtentus
• obtinēns
• obtinentia

Related terms

• abstineō
• attineō
• circumteneō
• contineō
• dētineō
• distineō
• pertineō
• retineō
• sustineō
• teneō
• trānstineō

Descendants

• Catalan: obtenir
• Corsican: ottene, ottena, uttena (Ultramontane), uttene, uttene
• English: obtain
• French: obtenir
• Galician: obter
• Italian: ottenere
• Portuguese: obter
• Romanian: obține
• Sicilian: uttèniri, attèniri (obsolete)
• Spanish: obtener

References

• “obtineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obtineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obtineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to maintain one's assertion, prove oneself right: obtinere aliquid
    
  • to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
    
  • to be used as a proverb: proverbii locum obtinere (Tusc. 4. 16. 36)
    
  • to be regarded as a god: numerum deorum obtinere (N. D. 3. 20)
    
  • to hold the first position in the state: principem in re publica locum obtinere
    
  • to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
    
  • to occupy the leading position: principatum tenere, obtinere
    
  • to maintain power, authority: imperium obtinere
    
  • to manage, govern a province: provinciam administrare, obtinere
    
  • to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
    
  • to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
    
• obtineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016