διὰ χαρίτων γίγνεσθαί τινι → be pleasing to one
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.