retinens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of retineō.

Participle

retinēns (genitive retinentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. detaining, restraining, retaining, confining, containing, delaying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	retinēns			retinentēs	retinentia
genitive	retinentis			retinentium
dative	retinentī			retinentibus
accusative	retinentem	retinēns		retinentēs retinentīs	retinentia
ablative	retinente retinentī1			retinentibus
vocative	retinēns			retinentēs	retinentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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