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Cces. Una pars, qnam Gallos obtinere 
ilictum est. Id. Legationis principem 
locum obtinebant, held Id. regnum, 
to have the sovereignty. Liv. Galliam 
atque ifaliam armis obtinere. Plin. 
Caseus medicamenti vim obtinet, has. 
Civ. Proverbii locum obtinet. Id. duo- 
rum alter apud me parentis gravitatem 
obtinebat, possessed with me. Id. Erran- 
tes stellte numerum deorum obtinebunt, 
h. e. will be numbered among the gods, 
will belong among the gods. Q uintil. 
Obtinere summam opinionem in scho¬ 
lia, to have, hold, or bear a high character. 
Plin. admirationem, h. e. in admira- 
tione esse. Cic. Lex obtinetur in, &c. 
they have a law. Id. Cum tu llispaniam 
citeriorem cum imperio obtineres, h. e. 
were the governor of. Id. Me obtinente 
(sc. insulam), during my administration. 
• - IT Also, to keep, retain, preserve, 
hold on to, keep up, maintain. Tcrent. 
Antiquam tuam venustatem obtines. 
Liv. Collaudavit milites quod provin- 
ciam obtinuissent. Cic. necessitudi- 
nem (cum aliquo). Id. suurn jus con¬ 
tra illos. Id. Per vos vitam et famain 
potest obtinere. Liv. Pertinaces ad ob- 
tinendam injuriam, li. e. to keep what they 
have unjustly taken. Cic. Qu® autem 
scripta non sunt, ea consuetudine obti- 
nentur, subsist, are preserved. -IT Also, 
to hold, h. e. to occupy, take up. Plin. 
Platanus agros longis obtinet umbris. 
Lucrct. novem jugera membris. Curt. 
Spatium, quod acies obtinuerat. Liv. 
Noctem insequentem eadem caligo ob- 
tinuit.- IT Also, to make good, prove, 
support, maintain, defend. Cic. Possu- 
rnus hoc teste, quod dicimus, obtinere. 
Id. Non ad obtinendum mendacium, 
sed ad verum probandum. Id. duas 
contrarias sententias. Id. Obtinebo, 
earn leviorem fuisse. So, Id. Opibus 
magnis, quidquid fecerit, obtinere, 
make good, as it were ; be in the right ; 
and so be unmolested. — Hence, Apul. 
Certus eram proque vero obtinebam, 
held it for true. — Also, to maintain, 
establish, succeed in, accomplish, get. 
Cic. hereditatem. Id. jus suurn. Coes. 
Si rem obtinuerint, should carry the day, 
should come off victorious. Cic. Malas 
causas semper obtinuit, carried. Id. 
Litem obtinere aut amittere. Id. Obti¬ 
nere etadipisci. Id. Voluimus qu®- 
dam ; obtenta non sunt. Id. De (in the 
matter of ) intercalando non obtinue¬ 
rat. Liv. His obtinuit, ut praeferretur, 
brought about, prevailed. Sueton. Obti- 
nuit, ne, &c. Cic. Res facile obtine- 
batur, was carried, went through. - 
IT Intransitively, to maintain one’s self, 
to hold, obtain, last, stand. Pandect. 
Consuetudo, qu® retro obtinuit, lias ob¬ 
tained or prevailed. Id. Hodie obtinuit, 
qutestores creari, &c. sc. consuetudo. 
Liv. Fama obtinuit. (In the same 
sense with accus. Sallust. Fama, qu® 
plerosque obtinet, to which most assent.) 
— Also, to prevail, have the preference, 
hold. Pandect. Sententia plurium obti¬ 
net. — Also, to avail, pass, be held, re¬ 
ceived or looked on as such or such. 
Sallust. Pro vero obtinebat, ut, &c. 
6BTING8 (ob & tango), is, tlgi, a. and 
n. 3. to touch, strike. Plant. Mustulen- 
tus sestus nares obtigit.-IT Intransi¬ 
tively, to fall to one’s lot, come to one’s 
share, happen to one, befall one, Xayxavtu. 
Cic. Quod cuique obtigit, id quisque 
teneat. Id. Te mihi qurestorem obti- 
gisse. Id. Quum tibi aquaria provin- 
cia serte obtigisset. Id. Si quid mihi 
obtigerit, h. e. humanitus accident, if 
death be my lot. -IT Also, to happen, 
fall out, befall, turn out. Plaut. Exop- 
tata obtingent, will come about. Terent. 
Istuc tibi ex sententia obtigisse, lastor, 
that it has turned out as you wish. 
CBTINNI5 (ob & tinnio), is, n. 4. to 
3 tin ale. Jlpul. 
CBTORPeSCS (ob & torpesco), is, pui, 
2 n. 3. to become numb or stiff, become tor- 
~ pid, become insensible, lose feeling, be 
deadened, dirovapKaw. Liv. Signum 
effodiant, si ad convellendum manus 
pr$ metu obtorpuerint. Senec. Oculi 
subita caligine obtorpuerunt. Plin. 
Anguis, si squam® obtorpuere, spinis 
Juniperi se scabit, h. e. duriores fact® 
sunt. — And, of the mind. Cic. ex Eu- 
ripule. Sed jam subactus iniseriis obtor- 
pui. Liv. Circumfuso undique pavore 
ita obtorpuit, ut, &c. Id. Obtorpuerant 
quodammodo animi. 
oBToRQU£8 tob & torqueo), es, orsi, 
ortum, a. 2. to wrest, twist, writhe, 
wrench or turn round forcibly, ov<rrpi<f>w. 
Stat. Dextras obtorquet in undas proram. 
Cic. Obtorta gula in vincula abripi; 
and, Plaut. Obtorto collo ad prstorem 
trahi, h. e. wrenched or griped hard (for 
it w.as customary to do this when they 
carried a man forcibly before a court, 
&c.) ; by the neck, by force. Jlpul. Car- 
dinibus obtortis, wrenched. -IT Also, 
to twist, bend, crook. Virg. Obtorti per 
collum circulus auri, h. e. a golden 
chain. 
OBToRTOS, a, um, particip. from obtor- 
queo. 
5BTRS.H8 (ob & traho), is,axi, actum, a. 
3. to turn towards or to meet. Tertull. 
TAB leg. obstruxerit.) 
GBTReCTaTIS (obtrecto), onis, f. an en¬ 
vious detracting, disparaging, traducing; 
an envying, spite, malice, begrudging, 
Sutavppos, griXorvnia. Cic. Quorum 
malevolentissimis obtrectationibus nos 
scito de vetere ilia nostra sententia 
prope jam esse depulsos. Tacit. Ob- 
trectatio et livor pronis auribus accipi¬ 
untur. Vatin, ad Cic. Malevolorum 
(ft. e. on the part of) obtrectationes et in- 
vidias prosternere. C<es. Depravatum 
Pompeium queritur invidia atque ob- 
trectatione laudis sure (A. e. as the ob¬ 
ject). Liv. Obtrectatio atque invidia 
adversus gloriam fort.issimi consulis. 
Plane, ad Cic. Heec res habet obtrecta- 
tionem, h. e. obtrectationi est subjecta. 
6 BTReCTaT 8R (Id.), oris, in. a detractor, 
disparager, traducer, slanderer, calumni¬ 
ator, spiteful or malicious person, decrier, 
KaraXaXo;, SiaffoXos. Cic. beneficii 
hujus. Id. Multi communes obtrecta- 
tores, atque omnium invidi. Id. A tuis 
(ft. e. of you) invidis obtrectatoribus. 
Id. In tarn suspiciosa ac maledica civi- 
tate locum sermoni obtrectatorum non 
reliquit. Sueton. Calvitii deformitatem 
obtrectatorum jocis obnoxiam expertus. 
_With a dat. Justin. Huic sententire 
obtrectatores. 
oBTReCTaTOS (obtrecto), us, m. same 
3 as Obtrectatio. Oell. 
oBTReCTS (ob &tracto),as,avi,atum,n. 
and a. 1. to disparage, detractfrom, slander, 
traduce, dispraise, calumniate a person or 
his abilities, in order to raise one’s self, 
to decry out of envy, do prejudice or in¬ 
jury to, to oppose or thwart maliciously, 
Staovoco, diaffaWto. Cic. Tusc. 4. 26. 
Obtrectare vero alteri, quid habet utili- 
tatis ? cum sit remulantis angi alie- 
no bono, quod ipse non liabeat ; ob- 
trectantis autem angi alieno bono, 
quod id etiam alius habeat. Id. Ar- 
cesilas Zenoni obtrectans nihil novi 
reperienti. Liv. glorias alicujus. Id. 
Ut obtrectaretur laudibus ducis, impe- 
dita victoria est. Cic. Qui huic obtrec- 
tant legi, atque cans®. JVepos. Nam- 
que (Aristides et Themistocles) obtrec- 
tarunt inter se, h. e. were political oppo¬ 
nents (where it does not seem to be used 
in a bad sense). — Also, with accus. 
Liv. Cui nullum probrum dicere poterat, 
ejus obtrectare laudes voluit. Auct. 
Dial, de Orat.. Invicem se obtrectave- 
runt. Plin. Lautitiam omnem obtrec¬ 
tans. — And without case. Sueton. 
Ne aut obstare aut obtrectare videretur. 
0BTRITI5 (obtero), onis, f. contrition. 
3 Augustin. Accedite ad eum in obtritio- 
ne cordis. 
oB'PRITuS (Id.), us, m. a treading to 
2 pieces, crushing to pieces. Plin. 
oBTRITiiS, a, um, particip. from obtero. 
6BTR0D8 (ob & trudo), is, usi, usum, a. 
3 3. to thrust against, or into, nposcoO'igopai. 
Apul. titionem inguinibus. — Hence, 
to cram down. Plaut. - IT Also, to 
thrust away, remove, overturn. Cic. mo- 
nimerita (some read obstruxit). -IT Al¬ 
so, to thrust upon, put or force upon. 
Terent. Nunquam ausus sum recusare 
earn, quam milii obtrudit pater. —— 
IT Plaut. Obtrudere palpum alicui, to ca¬ 
jole, wheedle, coax, deceive by flattery or 
caresses. 
590 
oBTRuNCaTTS (obtrunco), onis, f. a 
3 cutting away. Colum. 
OBTRONC 8 (ob & trunco), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1 . to cut off, cut away, KaraKdirrco. 
Colum. Atque ita superficies insit® 
vitis usque ad receptum surculum ob- 
truncatur.-IT Also, tv cut down, cut 
to pieces, slaughter. Cic. e Poeta. Pue- 
rum interea obtruncat, meinbraque ar- 
ticui_.im dividit. Liv. Ita regem ob- 
truncant. Plaut. Capio fustem, ob- 
trunco gallum. 
OBTOEBR (ob & tueor), eris, dep. 2. to 
3 look at, behold steadfastly, look in the face, 
gaze upon, etpopdio. Plaut. Quid tu me 
nunc obtuere, furcifer ? Id. ad aliquem. 
-IT Also, to see, perceive. Plaut. 
oBTOITOS, us, m. See Obtutus. 
0 BTOND 8 (ob & tundo), is, tudi, tusum 
and tunsum, a. 3. to beat, thump, belabor, 
KaraKbiTToi. Plant, os alicui. Id. Sum 
obtutus pugnis pessime.-IT Also, tc 
blunt, dull. Tacit. Pugio vetustate obtu- 
sus. Claud, gladius. — Figur. to blunt, 
weaken, dull. Plin. Lens aciem oculorum 
obtundit. Plin. Arundinum lanugo illita 
auribus obtundit auditum, impairs the 
hearing. Hence, Cic. Ne longitudo 
(ft. e. of the period) obtudisse aures vi- 
deatur, blunt, weary. So, Id. aliquem 
longis epistolis, to annoy, molest. Te¬ 
rent. Ne me obtundas de hac re s®pius, 
don’t din my ears, don’t deafen me. Id. 
Obtundis (sc. me), tametsi inteliigo. 
Also, Plin. Myaces vocem obtundunt, 
blunt, weaken. Cic. vocem in dicen- 
do. Id. Multa qu® acuant mentem, 
multa, qu® obtundant. Id. regritudi- 
nem, to blunt, take off its edge. - 
If The particip. is obtusus, and some¬ 
times, especially among the poets, 
obtunsus. -IT See, also, Obtusus, a, 
um. 
0 BTONSI 8 (obtundo), onis, f. a beating, 
3 banging. Lamprid. 
oBTuNSOS, a, um, same as Obtusus. 
OBT08R (ob & tuor), eris, dep. 3. same as 
3 Obtueor. Acc. ap. Mon. 
OBTuRaCDLUM (obturo), i, n. a stopple. 
3 Marcel. Empir. 
oBTuRaMeNTUM (Id.), i, n. that which 
2 slops up ; a stopple ; a dam or sluice. 
Plin. 
oBTORBaTSR (obturbo), oris, m. a 
3 troubler, disturber. Ascon. 
OBTuRBS (ob & turbo), as, avi, atum, a. 
and n. 1. to disturb, make turbid. Plin. 
aquam proculcatione. — Figur. to throw 
into disorder or confusion. Tacit, hostes. 
- IT Also, to disturb, disquiet. Cic. 
solitudinem. Id. Me litter® obturbant. 
-IT Also, to confuse. Sueton. lecto- 
rem.-IT Also, to interrupt by noise 
or speaking, make an outcry against, or 
to make an outcry. Terent. ltane vero 
obturbat? Plaut. Ne me obturba, ac 
tace. Tacit. Obturbabatur militum vo- 
cibus Aponius, cum loqui eceptaret. — 
Without case. Tacit. Obturbabant pa- 
tres. Plin. Ep. Obturbatur, obstrepitur. 
oBTORGeSCS (ob & turgesco), is, ursi, 
3 n. 3. to swell, swell up. Lucret. 
0 BTOR 8 (ob & probably Svpa, janua), as, 
avi, atum, a. 1 . to stop or close up, ly 
ifipiXTTO), cmaTOpi^co. Colum. Ampho- 
ras fasciculis foeniculi. Plin. foramina 
limo. Vitruv. dolia operculis. Horak 
aures. Cic. Obstructas partes (corpo¬ 
ris) etobturatas. — Hence, Lucret amo- 
rem edendi, ft. e. to allay, assuage. 
oBTuSe (obtusus), adv. dully. Sohu. 
3 Crocodili in aqua obtusius vident. 
oBTuSIB (obtundo), onis, f. bluntncss, 
3 dulness. Tertull. sensuum. 
oBTuSCS, or oBTuNSnS a, um, particip. 
from obtundo. - IT Adj. blunt, dull. 
Colum. falx. Plin. cornua lun®. Lu¬ 
cret. angulus. — Fig. blunted, blunt,dull, 
weakened, weak, faint, not clear, not vigo¬ 
rous, without life. Lucret. Obtusis ceci- 
derunt viribus avtus, broken, feeble. Liv. 
vigor animi. Virg. lux, dull, somewhat 
obscured. Quintil. vox, thick , not dear. 
So, Id. fauces. Auct. ad Hcrenn. aures, 
deafened, weary, not inclined to listen. 
Virc. Obtusior usus, blunted, less sensi¬ 
tive? Cic. Acies animi obtusior, dud <> 
figure borrowed from the eye). Id. frag. 
Hebetes et obtusi ad aliquid, not keen, 
not sharp-sighted, dull. Id. Quo qui 
dici potest obtusius, more stupid. 1 acit 
