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obtendo

obtendo, to spread before, stretch over

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

obtendō, tendī, tentus, 3, a.: to stretch before; draw, spread, 10.82; spread over.

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obtendunt Verb: present active indicative 3rd plural of obtendo

See obtendunt in Morpho

ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.
  • 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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