Retinåculum, li, n.g. pe. co. Virg.A stay, or any thing that holdeth backe.Vitæ retinacula abrupit.Plin. iun.He endeth his life.Vnca retinacula.Stat.Puppis retinacula prærumpere.Ouid.To brcake awaye the cables of the ship.Soluere retinacula.Ouid.Retingo. gis, gere. Stat.To dip in againe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rĕtĭnācŭlum (sync. retinaclum, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 147), i, n. [retineo, I.], that which holds back or binds; a holdfast, band, tether, halter, halser, rope, cable (only in plur.; but the sing. occurs as v. l. Amm. 30, 4, 4). I.Lit., Cato, R. R. 63; 135, 5; Liv. 21, 28; Col. 4, 13, 1; 6, 2, 4; Vitr. 10, 5; Verg. G. 1, 265; 513; id. A. 4, 580; Hor. S. 1, 5, 18; Ov. M. 8, 102; 11, 712; 14, 547; Stat. S. 3, 2, 32.—II.Trop., a bond, chain, tie: vita abrupit, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 8: desiderii, App. M. 11, p. 269, 28 (p. 806 Oud.): blanda morarum, Aus. Ep. 8, 1: leges, fundamenta libertatis et retinacula sempiterna, Amm. 14, 6, 5: retinaculis temporis praestituti frenari, id. 30, 4, 4.