detentus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dētineō.

Participle

dētentus (feminine dētenta, neuter dētentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. detained, delayed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • detentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • detentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • detentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.