φιλεῖ δέ τοι, δαιμόνιε, τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός → you know, my good fellow, when a man strives hard, a god tends to lend him aid
rĕtentus: a, um.
a Part. of retendo.—
b Part. of retineo.
rĕtentus: ūs, m. retineo,
I a holding fast, grasping: vivosque imitata retentus (manūus), Claud. in Rufin. 2, 438.