retentas
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. ind. 2nd - Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
acc. 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 (?);
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hinc ex crumina. 590 III.iii ARGYRIPPVS Cur me retentas? PHILAENIVM Quia tui amans abeuntis egeo. ARG. Vale. PHIL..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rapere, eo me obsecras ut te sequar. etiam retentas? LABR. Perii. PLES. Verum sit velim. tu, mea Palaestra..."
