obtendo
μηδενί δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement on anything until you have heard a speech on both sides
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-tendo: di, tum, 3, v. a.
I 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.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtendō,¹² dī, tum, ĕre, tr.,
1 tendre devant, opposer : Virg. En. 10, 82 ; Suet. Nero 48
