obtutus
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English
obtutus obtutus N M :: gaze; contemplation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obtūtus: ūs, m. obtueor,
I a seeing, looking at or upon any thing (class., but in prose always with oculorum, unless this word is obviously supplied by the context; cf. aspectus): obtutu quasi obtuitu a verbo tuor quod significat video, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: oculorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17; so id. Univ. 8; id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: obtutum aliquo figere, id. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107: dum stupet, obtutuque haeret defixus in uno, Verg. A. 1, 495: obtutu tacito stetit, id. ib. 12, 666: defixa Latinus Obtutu tenet ora, id. ib. 7, 249: oculi in uno obtutu defixi, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4 init.—Trop.: in obtutu malorum, in the contemplation of, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 39.—In plur.: nil intecurrens obtutibus, Prud. Hamart. 915.—
II (Late Lat.) The eye: quis ita gemino obtutu eluminatus. Sid. Ep. 8, 11.—More freq. in plur.: ita videri nostris obtutibus constitutis, Amm. 20, 3, 12; 24, 6, 8: humi prostrati sub obtutibus ejus, id. 17, 8, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtūtŭs,¹³ ūs, m. (obtueor), action de regarder : oculorum Cic. Nat. 3, 9, vue, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 120 ; de Or. 3, 17 || regard, contemplation : Virg. En. 12, 666, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
obtūtus, ūs, m. (obtueor), I) das Hinsehen, der Blick, oculorum, Cic.: obt. acris, Sil., Ggstz. hebes, Apul.: obtutum in re figere, Cic. – m. obj. Genet., in obtutu malorum, im Anschauen, Betrachten, Ov. trist. 4, 1, 39. – Plur., perspicacissimi oculorum obtutus, Cassian. coen. inst. 5, 18: nostri obtutus, Sidon. epist. 3, 11, 1: nil intercurrens obtutibus, Prud. ham. 907. – II) meton.: a) das Sehvermögen, die Sehkraft, collis herbosi omnem inaequalitatem aegrescentis obtutus repellunt, Ambros. epist. 29, 2. – b) das Auge, gemino obtutu eluminatus, Sidon. epist. 8, 11, 11: isto gemino obtutu circulatorem aspexi, Apul. met. 1, 4: gew. Plur., sub obtutibus suis, Mamert. grat. act. 5, 2: sub obtutibus eius, Amm. 17, 8, 5: videri nostris obtutibus constitutis in terra, Amm. 20, 3, 12: splendore praestringere occursantes obtutus, Amm. 24, 6, 8.
