rĕ-tĭnĕo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a.teneo.
I (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).
A 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.—
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.—
II (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).
A 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. —
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,Cic. 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.—
2 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.