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
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...patri scripsisse contra quam nos supra diximus, sed retentam a Scipione atque in deliciis amoribusque ab eo usurpatam..."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..."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..."
