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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."