detinerier
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...jusseritis, aderunt, ad arbitrium tuum inspici se ac detineri patientur, quod facere occupatis non uacat. Securae et quietae..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adulescentes non debent nimium in falsa rerum imagine detineri et inanibus simulacris usque adeo ut difficilis..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...partem movebat. Postea vero, cum Caesarem ad Massiliam detineri cognovit, copias Petreii cum exercitu Afranii esse coniunctas, magna..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...accolas fama. is modicum Hiberiae regnum senecta patris detineri ferocius crebriusque iactabat quam ut cupidinem occultaret. igitur Pharasmanes..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...procul Alexandria plurium dierum itinere et aegro corpore detineri haud ignorabat. percontatur sacerdotes num illo die Basilides templum..."