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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dētineō (present infinitive dētinēre, perfect active dētinuī, supine dētentum); second conjugation
- to hold or keep off or back, detain, check
- Synonyms: refrēnō, arceō, prohibeō, impediō, retineō, perimō, officiō, interclūdō, intersaepiō, cohibeō, exclūdō, obstō, saepiō, reprimō, premō
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.84-85:
- aut gremiō Ascanium, genitōris imāgine captā,
dētinet, īnfandum sī fallere possit amōrem.- Or else , so taken by Ascanius’ resemblance of his father, detains in her embrace, as if she can deceive unspeakable love .
- to delay, hinder, lengthen; occupy, engage, stop
- Synonyms: retardō, tardō, moror, cūnctor, differō
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References
- “detineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.