obtentio

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ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ob-tentĭo: ōnis, f. id. II.,
I a covering, veiling; trop., obscurity, darkness (postclass.): aliquid obtentionibus allegoricis claudere, by an allegorical dress, Arn. 5, 181; 5, 182.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

obtentĭō, ōnis, f. (obtendo), action d’étendre devant : Arn. 5, 36 || [fig.] voile [allégorique] : Arn. 5, 35.