detinenti
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.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...moranti se cuspide sit comminatus, alius in manu detinentis reliquerit signum. Non minor illa constantia eius, maiora etiam..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...collium substiterat atque haeserat; sed supino etiam ac detinenti solo placido se mollique lapsu refugum abstulerat, necdum satis..."