retinebo
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. 1st
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...SANG. Age ergo observa. si pecassis, multam hic retinebo ilico. ST. Optimum atque aequissimum oras. em tibi..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quam ab imperatore desciscitis. aut incolumis fidem legionum retinebo aut iugulatus paenitentiam adcelerabo.' Aggerabatur nihilo minus caespes iamque..."