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
- T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...palam uociferatos esse aut imperatorem in prouincia retenturos aut cum eo in Italiam uenturos esse. disceptationem inter praetorem..." - T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...socium et amicum populi Romani, nec Attali auxilia retenturos ultra quam regi commodum esset; semper populum Romanum alienis..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ementiendis Latinarumque feriarum mora et consularibus aliis impedimentis retenturos se in urbe, simulato itinere privatus clam in provinciam..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exercitus tueretur: se fidem interim, donec vita suppeditet, retenturos. Ille interritus et parte copiarum apud Syriam relicta..." - P
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..."