retentet
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...nata, monebo: sit Persen pepulisse satis nec vana retentet spes Minyas finemve velint imponere bello. illum etenim talis..."- P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...modo det fluitantia rector Lora, modo admissos arte retentet equos. Sunt quibus ingrate timida indulgentia servit..."