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|lshtext=<b>obtūtus</b>: ūs, m. [[obtueor]],<br /><b>I</b> 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 <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: nil intecurrens obtutibus, Prud. Hamart. 915.—<br /><b>II</b> (Late Lat.) The [[eye]]: [[quis]] ita [[gemino]] obtutu [[eluminatus]]. Sid. Ep. 8, 11.—More freq. in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: ita videri nostris obtutibus constitutis, Amm. 20, 3, 12; 24, 6, 8: [[humi]] prostrati sub obtutibus ejus, id. 17, 8, 5.