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Latin
Etymology
From re- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
retineō (present infinitive retinēre, perfect active retinuī, supine retentum); second conjugation
- to keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay
- Synonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, perimō, inclūdō, intersaepiō, impediō, contineō, arceō, supprimō, reprimō, comprimō, premō, moror
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
- to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay
- Synonyms: arceo, prohibeo, resisto, cohibeō, interclūdō, sisto, excludo, dētineō
- to hold fast, maintain, preserve, protect, guard, retain
- Synonyms: obtineō, servō, cū̆stōdiō, praeservō, cōnservō, teneō, contineō
- to remember, remind, keep in mind
- Synonyms: memorō, admoneō, moneō, referō, meminī, redūcō
- Antonyms: oblīvīscor, oblitterō
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References
- “retineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “retineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- retineo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- retineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to retain the recollection of a thing: memoriam alicuius rei conservare, retinere
- to retain a (most) pleasant impression of a person: gratam (gratissimam) alicuius memoriam retinere
- to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
- to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
- to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere, servare
- to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere