Obtulit

Obtulit is a Latin verb form meaning “he offered” or “he presented.” It is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the verb offerre (to offer, to bring forward). The standard principal parts are typically given as offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātum, from which obtulit is derived. The verb belongs to the present system of offerre, with the perfect indicating a completed past action.

Meaning and use: Obtulit conveys the act of presenting or bringing forward something to someone, such as a gift, a sacrifice, a proposal, or a grievance. It appears in religious, political, legal, and narrative contexts in Classical Latin and continues into later Latin. In translation, obtulit is usually rendered as “he offered” or “he presented.” The syntax commonly features a direct object in the accusative (the thing offered) and, often, a recipient in the dative or indirectly expressed.

Typical grammar: As a transitive verb, obtulit requires a direct object (what was offered) and may indicate the recipient (to whom) through dative construction. Word order is flexible in Latin, so you may encounter the object before or after the verb, e.g., Illī pecuniam obtulit or Obtulit illī pecuniam.

Etymology: The form comes from offerre, a compound of ob- (toward) and ferre (to bear, to carry), with the sense shifting toward presenting or bringing forward for reception or acceptance.

See also: offerre, obtulī, oblātum; Latin verbs of the ferre family; classical Latin vocabulary; Latin grammar.