retenturo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
abl. sg. fut. act. part.abl. sg. fut. act. part.dat. sg. fut. act. part.dat. sg. fut. act. 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 (?);
abl. sg. fut. act. part.abl. sg. fut. act. part.dat. sg. fut. act. part.dat. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...palam uociferatos esse aut imperatorem in prouincia retenturos aut cum eo in Italiam uenturos esse. disceptationem inter praetorem..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...socium et amicum populi Romani, nec Attali auxilia retenturos ultra quam regi commodum esset; semper populum Romanum alienis..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ementiendis Latinarumque feriarum mora et consularibus aliis impedimentis retenturos se in urbe, simulato itinere privatus clam in provinciam..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exercitus tueretur: se fidem interim, donec vita suppeditet, retenturos. Ille interritus et parte copiarum apud Syriam relicta..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...fidem et arma usque ad supremum spiritum retenturos: proinde perfuga Batavus arbitrium rerum Romanarum ne ageret, sed meritas..."
