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retineri

retineri is a Latin form of retineo, meaning “hold back, keep”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 54 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.47.2: Conloquendi Caesari causa visa non est, et eo magis quod pridie eius diei Germani retineri non potuerant quin tela in nostros coicerent.

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.