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optĭnĕo
transitive and intransitive verb II conjugation

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1 to hold on to, keep up, persist in
2 to possess
3 to maintain, preserve, uphold
4 to remain in charge of
5 to retain military control of
6 to achieve a goal, gain one's point
7 (rights) to secure
8 to win (one's case)
9 to cover, extend over
10 to constitute
11 to comprise
12 (of conditions) to prevail over
13 (a rank, position, opinion) to hold

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eadem caligo obtinuit || aliquid obtineo lacinia || ea fama obtinuit || aliquem numerum obtinebat || antiquum obtineo || obtineo or teneo silentium || ad insulam stationes obtinebant = they were still anchored near the island || Africam obtinere debebat || aggerem viae obtineo || caedes omnia obtinuit || alicuius res gestas obtineo || causam obtinuisse propter innocentiam || causam or litem obtineo or teneo || alicuius beneficio precarium spiritum obtineo || boni locum obtinet levius malum || adventu in Galliam Caesaris maiores regnum obtinuerant || ceteris quoque pro portione aut gradu, quem in amicitia obtinebant … honos habitus est || eae tabulae quae solae obtinent publicarum tabularum auctoritatem