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retinet

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

Found 81 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.18.1: Caesar hac oratione Lisci Dumnorigem, Diviciaci fratrem, designari sentiebat, sed, quod pluribus praesentibus eas res iactari nolebat, celeriter concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.342: dum scelus effugiam. Retinet malus ardor amantem,

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.