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
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..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Pythoum adoriri possent. ipse postero die, ut detineret regem ab circumspectu rerum aliarum, prima luce medio in alueo..."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..."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..."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..."