detinebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detineo, detinere, detinui, detentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
detain, hold; hold off, keep away (from); hold prisoner; retain; occupy;; hold/keep back (from use); keep, cause to remain; reserve; delay end, protract;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vellet ratione sanari.' inter haec reficiebatur miser haustibus, detinebatur adloquiis, conprimebatur residuus cruor, cludebantur aperta vitalia. nemo umquam..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...oppidum oppugnabat et fere iam aliquot mensibus ibi detinebatur. Quo ex oppido cognito Caesaris adventu legati clam praesidia..."