detineor
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. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nunc sine illis sum, sed gravi terrenoque detineor.' Per has mortalis aevi moras illi meliori vitae longiorique proluditur..." - M
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...videor excogitasse istum colorem, et hoc, quod detineor, amicitiae vocatur infirmitas. miseremini, iudices, temptate me et dimittite..."