retentat
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. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Sabbura belli;ipse caua regni uires in ualle retentat:aspidas ut Pharias cauda sollertior hostisludit et iratas incerta..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pugnat ab alta 585puppe Catus Graiumque audax aplustre retentat,terga simul pariter missis et pectora telistransigitur: medio concurrit..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...caeli status posterga sequitur: quisquis exilem iacens animam retentat, uiuidos haustus leuis concipiat. ite, ferte depositis opem: mortifera..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...agunt. at ille, qualis turbido rector mari ratem retentat, ne det obliquum latus, et arte fluctum fallit, haud..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sibila colla arduus attollens; pars vulnere clauda retentat nexantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem: tali remigio navis..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eant. Quo magis festinantes videt dictator, eo impensius retentat agmen ac sensim incedere iubet. Etrusci contra, principio exciti..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...praecipites Germani in amnem aguntur. Civilis dum fugientis retentat, agnitus petitusque telis relicto equo transnatavit; idem Veraci effugium..."