retentant
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mare totum secernunt caelumque a terris omne retentant. Nunc age dicta meo dulci quaesita labore percipe, ne forte..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tortae pondera fundae. fert sonitus immota phalanx irasque retentant, congeries dum prima fluat. stellantia Mopsus tegmina et ingentem..."