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
- L
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..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quam in nobis, qui ea bene parta vix retinemus. "Placet igitur eos dimitti et augeri exercitum Catilinae? Minume..."