retenta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retento, retentare, retentavi, retentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hold fast/back, keep hold of; restrain/detain, keep in check/place; retain;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →retendo, retendere, retendi, retentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slacken; relax; unbend (bow); free from tension; hold back (?);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hinc ex crumina. 590 III.iii ARGYRIPPVS Cur me retentas? PHILAENIVM Quia tui amans abeuntis egeo. ARG. Vale. PHIL..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rapuit dubitantia fata praeuenitque metus; anima periere retenta membra, nec emissae riguere sub ossibus umbrae. Eumenidum crines solos..." Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Kalendarum, Vidi, Vacerra, sarcinas tuas, vidi; Quas non retentas pensione pro bima Portabat uxor rufa crinibus septem..."- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...itinera turbantur et ruina interscindit cursum aquis, quae retentae nouos exitus quaerunt et aliquo impetum faciunt aut ipsius..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...fuit dis inmortalibus satis spectare Catonem semel; retenta ac reuocata uirtus est ut in difficiliore parte se ostenderet..." - G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...appropinquantem paenitentia mutati sacramenti destituere conata est aegreque retenta in officio, et servi, quos a liberto Neronis..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...solum voce revocarent, sed et lacinia togae retenta, interdum pede apprehenso detinerent. Ac ne cui haec mira sint..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rapere, eo me obsecras ut te sequar. etiam retentas? LABR. Perii. PLES. Verum sit velim. tu, mea Palaestra..."
