retinente
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
abl. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →retinens, retinentis (gen.), retinentior -or -us, retinentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
tenacious; observant;
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...artusstintis tabi saniem uirusque coactumsustulit et neruo morsus retinente pependit.et, quodcumque iacet nuda tellure cadauer, 550ante feras uolucresque..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...stat iners Scythicas astringens Bosporos undas,cum glacie retinente fretum non inpulit Hister,inmensumque gelu tegitur mare; conprimit..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...600excipit inmissum suspensa per ilia ferrumadfixusque rati telo retinente pependit. stant gemini fratres, fecundae gloria matris,quos eadem..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...permanat calor argentum penetraleque frigus, quando utrumque manu retinentes pocula rite sensimus infuso lympharum rore superne. usque adeo..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...turbantibus modum. Protinus itaque pararivehiculum iussi; Paulina mea retinente exire perseveravi. Illud mihi inore erat domini mei Gallionis..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...consiliis parum fortiter stetimus et innocentiam inviti ac retinentes perdidimus; nec deliquimus tantum, sed usque ad extremum aevi..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...imitatus artus, crine flauenti simulata uirgo, lutea uestem retinente zona: inde tam molles placuere cultus et sinus laxi..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...potestatem passus esset. Ex praetura ulteriorem sortitus Hispaniam retinentes creditores interventu sponsorum removit ac neque more neque iure..."