retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre
re-+teneo, to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain : me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained , Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security , L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep : arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress : Pudore liberos, i. e. control , T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain : amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold : retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of : studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.