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ob-tŭĕor, ēri (archaic inf. obtuērĭer, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19.
A collat. form, obtŭ-or, is assumed to explain indic. pres. obtuĕre, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 66; 3, 2, 153; and inf. obtŭi, Att. ap. Non. 160, 1; Trag. Rel. v. 285 Rib. al.), v. dep. a.

  1. I. To look at, gaze upon (ante-class.; cf.: intueor, adspicio): aliquem, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 66; id. Am. 3, 2, 19: terram, to look down, i. e. be cast down, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 17.
  2. II. To see, behold, perceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 153.

obtūtus, ūs, m. [obtueor],

  1. I. 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 plur.: nil intecurrens obtutibus, Prud. Hamart. 915.
  2. II. (Late Lat.) The eye: quis ita gemino obtutu eluminatus. Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
    More freq. in plur.: ita videri nostris obtutibus constitutis, Amm. 20, 3, 12; 24, 6, 8: humi prostrati sub obtutibus ejus, id. 17, 8, 5.