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|lshtext=<b>ob-tentus</b>: (opt-), ūs, m. [[obtendo]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[drawing]], spreading, or placing [[before]] ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: obtentu togae, [[tamquam]] se amiciens, ne videretur, Gell. 11, 18, 14: frondis, Verg. A. 11, 66: nubium, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., a [[pretence]], [[pretext]], [[color]] (cf.: [[simulatio]], [[species]]): obtentum habere, Tac. A. 12, 7: tempora reipublicae obtentui sumpta, [[assumed]] as a [[pretext]], id. ib. 1, 10: sub obtentu liberationis, Just. 5, 8, 12: damnationis, Lact. 2, 4, 36: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[obtendo]], II.) A [[covering]], [[cover]], [[veil]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[quia]] secundae res [[mire]] sunt vitiis optentui, Sall. H. 1, 41, 24: vera sunt, quae loquuntur poëtae, sed obtentu [[aliquo]] specieque velata, [[disguise]], [[allegorical]] [[dress]], Lact. 1, 11: non [[terror]] obtentui est, a hinderance, Nazar. [[Pan]]. Constant. 5.<br /><b>obtentus</b>: a, um.<br /><b>I</b> Part., from [[obtendo]].—<br /><b>II</b> Part., from [[obtineo]].