retinentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retineo, retinere, retinui, retentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →retinentia, retinentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
memory retention; recollection;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →retinens, retinentis (gen.), retinentior -or -us, retinentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
tenacious; observant;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...operest animi mutata potestas, omnis ut actarum exciderit retinentia rerum, non, ut opinor, id ab leto iam longius..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sunt iuvenum simulacra per aedes lampadas igniferas manibus retinentia dextris, lumina nocturnis epulis ut suppeditentur, nec domus argento..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iugulum ferro Philomela resolvit, vivaque adhuc animaeque aliquid retinentia membra dilaniant. pars inde cavis exsultat aenis, pars veribus..."
