LAT

Lewis Short

rĕtentĭo (noun F) : retineo
* A keeping back, i. e.
* A holding back, holding in: aurigae,Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3; 13, 25, 1.—Trop., a withholding: assensionis (as a transl. of the Gr. ἐποχή), Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 59, and 2, 24, 78.
* A keeping back, retaining (postclass.): dotis,Dig. 31, 1, 79; 5, 3, 19; 10, 1, 30: urinae,retention,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8.
* Preservation, maintenance: societatis,Lact. 6, 10 fin.: veteris disciplinae,Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 3: delicti,i. e. not to forgive,id. ib. 4, 28.—In plur., Vitr. 9, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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