retinens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →retinens, retinentis (gen.), retinentior -or -us, retinentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
tenacious; observant;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...hyaenaedefuit et cerui pastae serpente medullae,non puppem retinens Euro tendente rudentisin mediis echenais aquis oculique draconum 675quaeque..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...plebi per spectacula gremio aut ante se retinens assidue commendabat faustisque ominibus cum adclamantium turba prosequebatur. E generis..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...exclamat stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense. illa tacet retinens tandemque ait angue represso: 'hunc tibi postremum nostri parat..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...puppi, caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis. diva quibus retinens in summis urbibus arces ipsa levi fecit volitantem flamine..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nisi ipsum, opposuitque genu costis prensamque sinistra caesariem retinens vultum minitantiaque ora robore nodoso praeduraque tempora fregit. robore..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...proicit acceptas lecta sibi parte tabellas, vixque manus retinens trepidantis ab ore ministri, 'dum licet, o vetitae scelerate..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inque patris duxere domum: spectabilis heros et veteris retinens etiamnum pignora formae ingreditur ramumque tenens popularis olivae..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...inventum inveni. haec per dexteram tuam te dextera retinens manu opsecro, infidelior mihi ne fuas quam..."