(v. a.P. a.) : rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a.teneo.
* (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).
* Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61: quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas,id. Men. 1, 2, 5: quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus?id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11: te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro,id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo; retine,id. Mil. 4, 8, 27: retine me,id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet,Caes. B. G. 1, 18: homines,Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1: ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc.,Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.: milites,id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.: milites in loco,id. B. C. 3, 92: legiones ad urbem,id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 9: cohortes apud se,id. ib. 2, 19: venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset,when he must be kept,Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: biduum tempestate retentus,detained,Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent,Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.: vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit,Cic. Planc. 41, 100: nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines,id. Att. 13, 14, 1: euntem,Ov. H. 18, 99: aliquem vinclis,id. R. Am. 213: consulem,Liv. 37, 51: morbo retineri,id. 34, 10; v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà atque in oppido retentā,Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt,i. e. as security,Liv. 2, 34, 4: vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse,id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45: mercedem,to keep back, stop,id. As. 2, 4, 37: alienum,Cic. Fl. 23, 56: lacrimas,Ov. M. 1, 647: manus ab ore,id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.: mulierem,to hold,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.: mulierem per vim,id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2: arcum manu,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74: faculas sagittas,Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.: injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave,Caes. B. C. 1, 58: sudor madidā veste retentus,Mart. 5, 79, 3.
* (With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).
* Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2: oppidum,Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.: arces (Minerva),to preserve, protect,Cat. 64, 8: id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret,Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.: retinere servareque amicos,Hor. S. 1, 1, 89: summos cum infimis pari jure,Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41: Aegyptum,Curt. 4, 1, 30: regionem,id. 6, 5, 21: neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā,Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib.
* Trop.: retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini,Plaut. Rud. prol. 30: existimo jus augurum . . . rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum,Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so, jus suum,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5: statum suum,Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: pristinam virtutem,Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.: vestigium pristinae dignitatis,Cic. Sull. 32, 91: officium,id. Off. 3, 29, 105: justitiam (with colere),id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3: caritatem in pastores,id. Lael. 19, 70: utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem,id. ib. 24, 88: hunc morem usque adhuc,id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae,id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84: gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere,id. Off. 1, 38, 137: ferociam animi in vultu,Sall. C. 61, 4: memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum,Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62: aliquid memoriā,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33: commissa (aures),Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.: ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt,Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.
* Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember: sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo,Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause: retineo me dixisse,Dig. 35, 1, 92 init.— Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.: homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11: nimium equestris juris et libertatis,id. Planc. 23, 55: avitae nobilitatis,Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.: modestiae,id. ib. 5, 11: Seleuci conditoris (civitas),i. e. retaining his institutions,id. ib. 6, 42; cf.: antiqui moris,id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.: proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus,Gell. 10, 20, 10.