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
- L
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..." - L
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..."