obtentio

From LSJ

κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

obtentio, önis, f. (obtendo), die Verhüllung, die verhüllende Einkleidung, ambifaria, Arnob. 5, 36: Plur., obtentiones allegoricae, Arnob. 5, 35.