detinebit
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...uariis generibus emaceratos diu inter uitam mortemque medios detinebit. Vt uaria et libidinosa mancipiorumque suorum neglegens domina..."ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...aliud possint aspicere, praestringet et in se haerentes detinebit. Hic tibi, quem tu diebus intueris ac noctibus..."