obtentus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of obtineō. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈtɛn.tus] ==== Participle ==== obtentus (feminine obtenta, neuter obtentum); first/second-declension participle occupied, possessed, held maintained, upheld ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From obtendō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Pronunciation ==== obtentus: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈtɛn.tus] obtentūs: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtɛn.tuːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈtɛn.tus] ==== Noun ==== obtentus m (genitive obtentūs); fourth declension pretence, pretext Synonym: speciēs covering, veil ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === References === “obtentus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obtentus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obtentus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obtentus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obtentus / obtentŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "obtentus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)