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retinebit

Dictionary entries

  • retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:

    Verb · 2nd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent

    = hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;

    Entry →
    sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd

Examples

  • T

    Mercator

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...postea aspiciet te timidum esse atque exanimatum: ilico retinebit, rogitabit unde illam emeris, quanti emeris: timidum temptabit..."
  • T

    Liber V

    Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX

    "...cumque est velle manere in vita, donec retinebit blanda voluptas; qui numquam vero vitae gustavit amorem nec fuit..."
  • L

    Libri XIV-XV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...liberis, hoc amicis, hoc hospitibus': temptantem avaritia retinebit. Sciet pro patria pugnandum esse, dissuadebit timor; sciet pro amicis..."
  • L

    Liber II

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...potes scire, paupertatis scies: illa veros certosque amicos retinebit, discedet quisquis non te se aliud sequebatur..."

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