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
- T
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..." - T
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..." - P
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..."
