retinemus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quod iniquissimum est, pertinaciores nos facit iniquitas irae; retinemus enim illam et augemus, quasi argumentum sit iuste irascentis..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quam in nobis, qui ea bene parta vix retinemus. "Placet igitur eos dimitti et augeri exercitum Catilinae? Minume..."