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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-tĭnĕo</b>: ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [[teneo]].<br /><b>I</b> (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To [[hold]] or [[keep]] [[back]], not [[let]] go; to [[detain]], [[retain]]; to [[restrain]] ([[class]].; cf. [[restringo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: Ep. [[Asta]], abire [[hinc]] non sinam. Th. Quid [[nunc]] me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61: [[quotiens]] [[foras]] ego [[ire]] [[volo]], me retines, revocas, id. Men. 1, 2, 5: [[quid]], [[malum]], astas? Quin retines [[altrinsecus]]? id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11: te dexterā [[retinens]] manu Opsecro, id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si [[magis]] vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo; retine, id. Mil. 4, 8, 27: retine me, id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23: [[concilium]] dimittit, Liscum retinet, Caes. B. G. 1, 18: homines, Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1: ab his [[fit]] [[initium]] retinendi Silii, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.: milites, id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.: milites in [[loco]], id. B. C. 3, 92: legiones ad urbem, id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 9: cohortes [[apud]] se, id. ib. 2, 19: venit [[Varro]] ad me, et [[quidem]] id [[tempus]], ut retinendus esset, [[when]] he [[must]] be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: biduum tempestate [[retentus]], detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.: [[aegre]] sunt retenti, [[quin]] [[oppidum]] irrumperent, Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.: vi me, vi [[inquam]], [[Plancius]] et complexu suo retinuit, Cic. Planc. 41, 100: [[nisi]] jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines, id. Att. 13, 14, 1: euntem, Ov. H. 18, 99: aliquem vinclis, id. R. Am. 213: consulem, Liv. 37, 51: morbo retineri, id. 34, 10; v. also [[infra]], B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà [[atque]] in [[oppido]] retentā, Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as [[security]], Liv. 2, 34, 4: [[vinum]] portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse, id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45: mercedem, to [[keep]] [[back]], [[stop]], id. As. 2, 4, 37: alienum, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: lacrimas, Ov. M. 1, 647: [[manus]] ab [[ore]], id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.: mulierem, to [[hold]], Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.: mulierem per vim, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2: arcum manu, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74: faculas sagittas, Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.: injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque [[nave]], Caes. B. C. 1, 58: [[sudor]] madidā veste [[retentus]], Mart. 5, 79, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[hold]] in [[check]], [[keep]] [[within]] bounds, to [[restrain]], [[check]], [[repress]], etc.: hoc servi esse [[officium]] [[reor]], retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8: liberos retinere, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.: moderantem cursum [[atque]] in suā potestate retinentem, id. ib. 1, 29, 45: gaudia, Ov. M. 12, 285: rabiem, id. ib. 3, 566: verba dolore, id. ib. 10, 474: aliquem in [[officio]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70: animos sociorum in [[fide]], Liv. 25, 40: retineri [[nequeo]] [[quin]] dicam ea, quae promeres, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. [[supra]], A.): quae ([[varietas]]) [[vehementer]] animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit . . . [[ordo]] [[ipse]] annalium [[mediocriter]] nos retinet, binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5: ([[picus]]) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat, Ov. M. 14, 340: [[lingua]] retenta metu, id. H. 11, 82: retinentibus [[vobis]], erumperem, Curt. 6, 3, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> (With the signif. of the [[verb]] [[predominant]].) To [[hold]] [[fast]], [[keep]], [[retain]], [[preserve]], [[maintain]], etc. (freq. [[only]] [[since]] the [[class]]. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. [[obtineo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[potius]] mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam [[quam]] vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam [[atque]] conservatam esse, [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2: [[oppidum]], Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.: arces ([[Minerva]]), to [[preserve]], [[protect]], Cat. 64, 8: id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret, Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.: retinere servareque amicos, Hor. S. 1, 1, 89: summos cum infimis pari jure, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41: Aegyptum, Curt. 4, 1, 30: regionem, id. 6, 5, 21: [[neque]] virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias [[quam]] retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: retinete (fidem), [[post]] [[factum]] ut laetemini, Plaut. Rud. prol. 30: [[existimo]] jus augurum . . . rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so, jus suum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5: statum suum, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: pristinam virtutem, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.: [[vestigium]] pristinae dignitatis, Cic. Sull. 32, 91: [[officium]], id. Off. 3, 29, 105: justitiam ([[with]] colere), id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3: caritatem in pastores, id. Lael. 19, 70: utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem, id. ib. 24, 88: hunc morem [[usque]] [[adhuc]], id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84: gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere, id. Off. 1, 38, 137: ferociam animi in vultu, Sall. C. 61, 4: memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum, Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62: aliquid memoriā, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33: commissa (aures), Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.: ut Palaemo et [[Telamo]] et [[Plato]] dicerentur, retinuerunt, Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Post-[[class]]. for memoriā retinere, to [[keep]] in [[mind]], [[remember]]: [[sive]] [[ille]] [[Hasdrubal]] est, [[sive]] [[quis]] [[alius]], non [[retineo]], Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With [[object]]-[[clause]]: [[retineo]] me dixisse, Dig. 35, 1, 92 init.— Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding [[fast]], [[tenacious]], [[observant]] of [[any]] [[thing]] ([[class]].; cf. [[tenax]]); constr. [[with]] gen.: [[homo]] sui juris dignitatisque [[retinens]], Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11: [[nimium]] equestris juris et libertatis, id. Planc. 23, 55: avitae nobilitatis, Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.: modestiae, id. ib. 5, 11: Seleuci conditoris ([[civitas]]), i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.: antiqui moris, id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.: proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus, Gell. 10, 20, 10.