To holde againe: to holde backe: to retaine: to keepe in cemembrannce: to holde that one fall not: to restraine. Euntem retinere. Ouid. To holde backe, &c. Firmis vinclis retinere. Ouid. Arrepto piscis retinetur ab hamo. Ouid. The Whis holden fas of the hooke he hathe taken. Abahenare & Retinere, contraria. Cic. Retine me obsecro. Plaut. olde me vp I pray thee that I fall not. Pudore & liberalitate liberos Retinere satius esse credo, qum metu. Terent. I thinke it better to keepe ones children in awe and obedience, or to re. straíne them from their wanton willes, &c. Sinistra manu retinebat arcum. Cic. e held his bowe in his left bande. Retiere maiestatem, vel ius fuum. Liu. To keepe and mainetaine his maiestie, &c. Si ius suum retiner. Cicer. If he keepe and maintaine his right and title. Amicos retinere. Cæs. To keepe and maintaine his friendes. Amore patriæ retineti. Ouid. Animo studia retinere. Cic. To minde studies still, althoughe for a time he doth omit them. Retinent tamen charitatem in pastores. Ci. They retaine still a lone towarde their keepers. Ares retinent commissa. Hor. The eares kepe things that are hearde. Custodijs retineri atque seruari. Ci. Natium retinent decus. Ouid. They kepe their natural beautie still. Dignitatem in Repub. retinere. Cic. To keepe his estate in the common weale. Existimationem retinere. Cic. To keepe still his estimation or reputation that he is in. Fidem retinere in amicia. Cicero. To bee faithfull or to vse faithfull and true dealing in friend ship. In fide retinere animos sociorum. Liu. To keepe the heartes of oure conseerates true and faithfll to vs, that they reuolte not. Gaudia retinere. Ouid. Not to she or vtter ioy. Gemirus non retinere Ouid. Not to stay sighing and groning. Grariam alicuius retinere. Cicero. To keepe ones fauour and friendship. Grauitatem retinere. Cic. Humaoitatem retinere. Cicer. To shewe himselfe courteise and gentle still. Inuidiam suam apud improbos retinere. Ci. To be stil in hatred and displeasure with wicked men. Iudicem retinere aliquem. Cic. To reccine one for a indge. Iudicium suum retinere. Cic. To perseuer or be stil in his opnion. Ius retinere. Cæs. To haue his right d title stil. Iustitiam retinere. Cic. To maintaine insice. Lachrymas retinere. Ouid. To ay srom weeping. Mapus retinere. Ouid. To hold his hands. Memoriam gratisimam alicuius rei retinere. Ci. To remember as a thing very acceptable. Memoria retinere. Cicer. To remember. Modum ludendi retinere Ci. To keepe a meane in playing. Morbo retineri. Liu. To be sicke: to be stayed with a disease. Morem retinere. Ci. To vse or keepe a feshion stil. Nummos & similia retinere. Cic. To keepe backe money that ought to be paide. Officium retinere. Ci. To do his duetie stil. In officio aliquos retinere. Cic. To keepe men in due obedicuce. Pacem retinere. Cic. Volaterranos in sua possessione retincbam. Cice. I kepte the itizens of Volaterra in their possession, that it was not taken from them. Religiones deorum retinere. Cic. Not to leese the feare & loue of God. Labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem. Cicero. If I had not staied my selfe. In sermone loogo aliquem retinere. Cice. To staye or holde one with long talke or processe. Tempestatibus retincri. Cic. To be stayed by tempest that he cannot goe. Veritatem retinere. Cic. To be alway true. Virtute retincri in vita. Cice. To be willing to line for vertues sake. Virtutem retinere. Cassius ad Cicer. To maintaine vertue. Vitam retinere. Cicero. To keepe his life safe: to haue his life safe stil. Vi aliquem retinere, aut metu. Cic. To holde or staye one by force. Hæcvtilitatem & gratiam retinent. Plin. iun. These things maintaine prosite and reputation.

I. (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).

A. Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61: quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas, id. Men. 1, 2, 5: quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus? id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11: te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro, id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo; retine, id. Mil. 4, 8, 27: retine me, id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Caes. B. G. 1, 18: homines, Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1: ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.: milites, id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.: milites in loco, id. B. C. 3, 92: legiones ad urbem, id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 9: cohortes apud se, id. ib. 2, 19: venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset, when he must be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent, Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.: vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit, Cic. Planc. 41, 100: nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines, id. Att. 13, 14, 1: euntem, Ov. H. 18, 99: aliquem vinclis, id. R. Am. 213: consulem, Liv. 37, 51: morbo retineri, id. 34, 10; v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celat atque in oppido retentā, Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, Liv. 2, 34, 4: vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse, id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45: mercedem, to keep back, stop, id. As. 2, 4, 37: alienum, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: lacrimas, Ov. M. 1, 647: manus ab ore, id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.: mulierem, to hold, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.: mulierem per vim, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2: arcum manu, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, 74: faculas sagittas, Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.: injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave, Caes. B. C. 1, 58: sudor madidā veste retentus, Mart. 5, 79, 3.—

B. Trop., to hold in check, keep within bounds, to restrain, check, repress, etc.: hoc servi esse officium reor, retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8: liberos retinere, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.: moderantem cursum atque in suā potestate retinentem, id. ib. 1, 29, 45: gaudia, Ov. M. 12, 285: rabiem, id. ib. 3, 566: verba dolore, id. ib. 10, 474: aliquem in officio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70: animos sociorum in fide, Liv. 25, 40: retineri nequeo quin dicam ea, quae promeres, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. supra, A.): quae (varietas) vehementer animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit ... ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet, binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5: (picus) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat, Ov. M. 14, 340: lingua retenta metu, id. H. 11, 82: retinentibus vobis, erumperem, Curt. 6, 3, 5.—

II. (With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).

A. Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2: oppidum, Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.: arces (Minerva), to preserve, protect, Cat. 64, 8: id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret, Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.: retinere servareque amicos, Hor. S. 1, 1, 89: summos cum infimis pari jure, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41: Aegyptum, Curt. 4, 1, 30: regionem, id. 6, 5, 21: neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —

B. Trop.: retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini, Plaut. Rud. prol. 30: existimo jus augurum ... rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so, jus suum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5: statum suum, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: pristinam virtutem, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.: vestigium pristinae dignitatis, Cic. Sull. 32, 91: officium, id. Off. 3, 29, 105: justitiam (with colere), id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3: caritatem in pastores, id. Lael. 19, 70: utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem, id. ib. 24, 88: hunc morem usque adhuc, id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84: gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere, id. Off. 1, 38, 137: ferociam animi in vultu, Sall. C. 61, 4: memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum, Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62: aliquid memoriā, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33: commissa (aures), Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.: ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt, Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—

2. Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember: sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo, Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause: retineo me dixisse, Dig. 35, 1, 92 init.— Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.: homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, 11: nimium equestris juris et libertatis, id. Planc. 23, 55: avitae nobilitatis, Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.: modestiae, id. ib. 5, 11: Seleuci conditoris (civitas), i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.: antiqui moris, id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.: proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus, Gell. 10, 20, 10.