distineo

distineō tinuī, tentus, ēre

dis + teneo, to keep asunder, separate, part, hold back : tigna binis utrimque fibulis distinebantur, Cs.: duo freta Isthmos, O.: alqm a domo, H.: hostem Agger, V.— To keep back, hinder, detain, occupy, engage, employ, divert : manūs hostium, Cs.: copias Caesaris, kept from uniting , Cs.: Volscos, L.: in multitudine iudiciorum distineri: distineri litibus, N.: ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri, L.— To hinder, delay, put off, prevent : pacem: victoriam, Cs.: rem distinebat, quod, etc., L.—Fig., to distract, perplex : distineor dolore: factiones senatum distinebant, L.