detineret
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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quod illo tam solida corpora adduceret et ibi detineret? [14,2] Deinde quod tantae crassitudinis est, necesse..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Pythoum adoriri possent. ipse postero die, ut detineret regem ab circumspectu rerum aliarum, prima luce medio in alueo..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nuptiis Poppaeae, Pallantem, quod immensam pecuniam longa senecta detineret. Romanus secretis criminationibus incusaverat Senecam ut C. Pisonis socium..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...flagitii, crebrescente invidia, edixit ne quis Cremonensem captivum detineret. inritamque praedam militibus effecerat consensus Italiae, emptionem talium mancipiorum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...illum nullus apparatus arrogantiae principalis, nullus praecursorum tumultus detineret. Una erat in limine mora, consultare aves, revererique numinum..."