retinebis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...saepe, defecerit? relinquesne? quae ista amicitia est? retinebis? qui convenit? quid enim de amicitia statueris utilitatis causa expetenda..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...praecipua humani animi bona, tu quidem eadem constantia retinebis, sed alii per obsequium imminuent: inrumpet adulatio, blanditiae..."