retento, retentare, retentavi, retentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hold fast/back, keep hold of; restrain/detain, keep in check/place; retain;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | retento | retentamus |
| 2 | retentas | retentatis |
| 3 | retentat | retentant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | retentare |
| active | perfect | retentavisse |
| passive | present | retentari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | retenta | retentate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | retentato | retentatote |
| 3 | retentato | retentanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | retentare | retentamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | retentator | — |
| 3 | retentator | retentantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentatus | retentati |
| Gen. | retentati | retentatorum |
| Dat. | retentato | — |
| Acc. | retentatum | retentatos |
| Voc. | retentate | retentati |
| Abl. | retentato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentata | retentatae |
| Gen. | retentatae | retentatarum |
| Dat. | retentatae | — |
| Acc. | retentatam | retentatas |
| Voc. | retentata | retentatae |
| Abl. | retentata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentatum | retentata |
| Gen. | retentati | retentatorum |
| Dat. | retentato | — |
| Acc. | retentatum | retentata |
| Voc. | retentatum | retentata |
| Abl. | retentato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentandus | — |
| Gen. | retentandi | — |
| Dat. | retentando | — |
| Acc. | retentandum | — |
| Voc. | retentande | — |
| Abl. | retentando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentanda | — |
| Gen. | retentandae | — |
| Dat. | retentandae | — |
| Acc. | retentandam | — |
| Voc. | retentanda | — |
| Abl. | retentanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | retentandum | — |
| Gen. | retentandi | — |
| Dat. | retentando | — |
| Acc. | retentandum | — |
| Voc. | retentandum | — |
| Abl. | retentando | — |
Supines
accusative: retentatum; ablative: retentatu
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cunctis praefecerat armiset dederat ferrum, nullo sibi iure retento,in cunctos in seque simul. 'tu mollibus' inquit'nunc..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...alueo fluminis ut armatus quam ut saluus exiret, retento armorum uictricium decoretam tutus redit quam si ponte uenisset..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...adoptionem dedit, quos sibi seruauerat extulit. Quales retentos putas, cum inter commodatos Scipio fuisset? Non sine motu uacuum..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...animadvertissent; tunc demum ad paenitentiam versi reprenso ac retento vehiculo invidiam quae sibi fieret deprecati sunt. Comitatus..." - M
XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...auferre temptaveris, illa statim primo haustu ~parte prioribus retento~ confectoque quod petebatur, reliqua quoque viribus vicinae tabis expirant..." 
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Pangaea iuuenci. par operis iactura lucro, quippe hoste retento exclusere suos; cadit intra moenia Graius Ormenus, et pronas..."- P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...subiit, nympharum tradidit uni armigerae iaculum pharetramque arcusque retentos, altera depositae subiecit bracchia pallae, vincla duae pedibus demunt..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...nomen ad omnes nationes sanctum inviolatumque semper fuisset, retentos ab se et in vincula coniectos,] pro magnitudine periculi..."