detinente
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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...necesse est tamquam orbitatem. quid enim, si me detinente matre pater a latere revocaret? et si bella militem..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...segnis populi vias gravatus et campos iter omne detinentes longos eximit ambitus novoque iniectu solidat graves harenas, gaudens..."
