retineas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...vindices, quoque modo contra advorsum consulem beneficia populi retineas, indigna virtute tua cogites. Sin in te ille animus..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quando talis es, maneas in sententia et retineas arma te hortor, neu prolatandis seditionibus, inquies ipse..."