retentus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of retineō.

Participle

retentus (feminine retenta, neuter retentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. restrained, delayed
  2. repressed
  3. held

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative retentus retenta retentum retentī retentae retenta
genitive retentī retentae retentī retentōrum retentārum retentōrum
dative retentō retentae retentō retentīs
accusative retentum retentam retentum retentōs retentās retenta
ablative retentō retentā retentō retentīs
vocative retente retenta retentum retentī retentae retenta

References

  • “retentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “retentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • retentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • retentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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