retendite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retendo, retendere, retendi, retensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slacken; relax; unbend (bow); free from tension; hold back (?);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...temet furare labori. et sontes operit pharetras arcumque retendit Parthus, et Eleis auriga laboribus actos Alpheo permulcet equos..."- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nulla ceciderat aetas; exuit hic umero pharetram lentosque retendit arcus inque solo, quod texerat herba, iacebat et pictam..."