retentam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
acc. sg. 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 (?);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...patri scripsisse contra quam nos supra diximus, sed retentam a Scipione atque in deliciis amoribusque ab eo usurpatam..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...partis diviserunt, quam partitionem a Zenone esse retentam videmus. [5] Quarum cum una sit, qua mores conformari putantur..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...praetoriarum cohortium cura, sed ope Senecae dignationem Burro retentam. Plinius et Cluvius nihil dubitatum de fide praefecti referunt..."
