detineo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...papae. GN. sic soleo amicos. PA. laudo. GN. detineo te: fortasse tu profectus alio fueras. PA. nusquam..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...succumbo, et oculos vigilia fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo. Secessi non tantum ab hominibus sed a rebus..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...umbras Ditis aeternas? quid hic Manes meos detineo? quid terram grauo? Mixtusque superis erro? quid restat mali? Regnum..."