retinebat

retinebat is a Latin form of retineo, meaning “hold back, keep”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 38 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.3.4: Frustra: nam Caesar magnis itineribus omnibus locis occurrit nec dat ulli civitati spatium de aliena potius quam de domestica salute cogitandi; qua celeritate et fideles amicos retinebat et dubitantes terrore ad condiciones pacis adducebat.

All forms of retineo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.