(verb) : dē-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, teneo
* To hold off, keep back, detain.
* Lit. (class.): nos de nostro negotio,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 190: aliquem ab aliquo incepto studioque,Sall. C. 4, 2: aliquem apud villam,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 13: so, aliquem,id. Men. 4, 2, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 49; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 5 (with demorari), Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3 Oud. N. cr.; Liv. 4, 55 (opp. concire); Verg. A. 2, 788; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 5: me grata compede Myrtale,id. Od. 1, 33, 14; Ov. M. 13, 301 et saep.: novissimos proelio,Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 4; cf.: Hannibalem quam acerrimo bello,Liv. 27, 12: se miserandis alimentis detinuerat,had supported himself,Tac. A. 6, 23: naves tempestatibus detinebantur,Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.; cf.: rates voce canora,Ov. A. A. 3, 311: iter iratae anguis (cantus),Tib. 1, 8, 20: illum ne discederet,Vulg. Luc. 4, 42.
* Trop.
* In gen. (poet.), to delay, i. e. lengthen: euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,Ov. M. 1, 683; cf. tempus,id. Pont. 4, 10, 67.
* Esp., to occupy, engage (also class.): in alienis negotiis detineri,Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Quint. 10, 5, 17: in contumelia,Tac. A. 13, 36 fin.: in admiratione sui,Suet. Ner. 52: manus in lyricis modis,Ov. F. 5, 386: mentes hominum circa alia,Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. § 4: animum studiis,Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 39: oculos (mea poëmata),id. ib. 2, 520; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 63: animos in timore,Hirt. B. Afr. 72, 3.
* To hold in the mind, know: veritatem Dei in injustitia,Vulg. Rom. 1, 18.

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