obtendo Latin · revision 9744

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ten-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈtɛn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈtɛn.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obtendō''' (present infinitive obtendere, perfect active obtendī, supine obtentum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''optendō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|tendō|t1=before, against|t2=to stretch]]; compare [[ostendō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨tendō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*tend-]], from [[ine-pro|*ten-d(ʰ)-|t=to stretch]], the root that also gave ⟨teneō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Cicero and Virgil.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC and Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stretch or spread out over or in front, as a protection or a screen, as in Virgil; to cover, overspread, as in Celsus; figuratively to draw over as a veil, conceal, as in Tacitus; and to put forward as a pretext, allege, plead, also in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is not frequent until after the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to hide, cover, stretch before, spread before.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of spreading before.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of pretexts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stretch or spread out over or in front (as a [[m|en|screen]]).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To cover, overspread.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw over as a veil, [[m|en|conceal]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put forward as a [[m|en|pretext]], allege.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obtensus]]

+ * [[obtentiō]]

+ * [[obtentus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tendō]]

+ * [[ostendō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}