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detineo

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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ teneō (hold; restrain).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dētineō (present infinitive dētinēre, perfect active dētinuī, supine dētentum); second conjugation

  1. 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 [Dido], so taken by Ascanius’ resemblance of his father, detains [the boy] in her embrace, as if she can deceive [her] unspeakable love [for Aeneas].
  2. to delay, hinder, lengthen; occupy, engage, stop
    Synonyms: retardō, tardō, moror, cūnctor, differō

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References

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  • 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.