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  • 1 reservo

    keep back, hold back, reserve / keep, preserve.

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  • 2 contineō

        contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [com-+teneo], to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ: ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with, Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within, Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in, Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together: Zonarum trium contentus fine, O. —To keep together, keep in a body: uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.—To shut in, hem in, surround, hold: munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.—To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain: quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.—To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress: manūs, keep hands off, T.: unde manum continuit? H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay: suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors, V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt, V. — To comprise, contain, comprehend: in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain: rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.—To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue: adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain, T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself, T.: libros, keep back: odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise: liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists, Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points, L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.
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    continere, continui, contentus V TRANS
    secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate

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  • 3 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 4 retineō

        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.
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    retinere, retinui, retentus V
    hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve

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  • 5 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 6 retraho

    rē̆-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    me retrahis,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 8;

    aliquem,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83; Liv. 30, 20; 21, 63 (in the last two passages with revocare);

    10, 25: bos domitus et procurrentem (bovem) retrahit, et cunctantem producit,

    holds back, Col. 6, 2, 10: aliquem hinc, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

    Hannibalem in Africam (Scipio),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56:

    aliquem in urbem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    manum,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    pedem,

    Verg. A. 10, 307:

    quo fata trahunt retrahuntque,

    id. ib. 5, 709:

    castra intra penitus,

    Liv. 36, 17 Drak.:

    occulere aut retrahere aliquid (pecuniae),

    to keep back, withhold, id. 32, 38 fin.:

    se,

    Cic. Cael. 27, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 58:

    se ab ictu,

    Ov. M. 3, 87:

    se a convivio,

    Cels. 1, 1, 5; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 14, 2.—

    Mid.: (corpuscula complexa) inter se retrahuntur,

    Lucr. 2, 155:

    in servitutem retrahi,

    Tac. A. 13, 26. —
    2.
    In partic., to drag back, bring back a fugitive, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Liv. 2, 12; 25, 7:

    ut retractus, non reversus, videretur,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Sall. C. 39, 5:

    ex fugā, 47, 4: fugientem,

    Just. 38, 9, 6; 38, 10, 13. —

    Hence, comically, of fugitive money,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 11; cf. also infra, B.—
    B.
    Trop., to draw back, withdraw, remove, etc.:

    postquam poëta vetus poëtam non potest Retrahere ab studio,

    to withdraw, remove, Ter. Phorm. prol. 2:

    aliquem a re publicā,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 34:

    Thebas ab interitu,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 4:

    aliquem ex magnis detrimentis,

    Suet. Aug. 71:

    ex viginti trecentisque millibus ad centum quinquaginta retraxit,

    i. e. he reduced them to one hundred and fifty thousand, Suet. Caes. 41 Oud.:

    verba,

    to keep back, suppress, Sen. Ep. 3, 6; so,

    vires ingenii,

    id. ib. 79, 3: noctes, to shorten, Manil. 4, 253:

    stellae splendorem suum,

    Vulg. Joel, 2, 10: genus ejusmodi calliditatis et calumniae retrahetur in odium judicis, is drawn or converted into, results in, Cic. Part. 39, 137:

    imaginem nocturnae quietis ad spem haud dubiam retraxit,

    Tac. A. 16, 1.—

    With reference to the signif. A. 2: illa (verba), quae jam majoribus nostris ademit oblivio fugitiva,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll. —
    II.
    To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    Caesar Antistium Veterem absolutum adulterii increpitis judicibus ad dicendam majestatis causam retraxit,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem postero die ad eosdem cruciatus,

    id. ib. 15, 57:

    Treviros in arma,

    id. H. 4, 70 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    oblitterata aerarii monimenta,

    Tac. A. 13, 23:

    potiorem civitatis partem ad societatem Romanam,

    id. H. 4, 56 fin. — Hence, rĕtractus, a, um, P. a., drawn back, lying back, remote, distant: emporium in intimo sinu Corinthiaco, Liv. 36, 21:

    in trorsus sinus maris,

    id. 26, 42.— Comp.:

    retractior a mari murus,

    Liv. 34, 9:

    retractius paulo cubiculum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

    retracti introrsum oculi,

    deep-set, Sen. Contr. 1, 6.

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  • 7 subprimo

    sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.
    I.
    In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

    quattuor (naves) suppressae,

    Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

    naves,

    id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    hostem nostros insequentem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

    iter,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    aerii cursūs habenas,

    Ov. M. 6, 709:

    lora manu,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

    fugam,

    id. M. 11, 777:

    sanguinem,

    Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

    alvum,

    i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19:

    fontes,

    Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

    lacrimas,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

    vocem,

    let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

    partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

    id. ib. 5, 193:

    si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

    stultiloquium,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

    impetum militum,

    Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

    iram,

    id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

    querelas,

    id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

    furorem,

    id. 71:

    fletum,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

    dolorem altā mente,

    Luc. 6, 228. —
    B.
    To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

    pecuniam,

    id. ib. 25, 68;

    26, 71: nummos,

    id. ib. 27, 75:

    elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

    quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

    Liv. 3, 55, 13:

    testamentum,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    libros,

    id. Gram. 8 fin.:

    alienam ancillam,

    to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

    adulterii foeditate suppressā,

    Amm. 16, 8, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

    Liv. 5, 1, 7:

    famam coërcitam,

    Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

    indicium conjurationis,

    Curt. 6, 8, 8:

    nomen Vespasiani,

    Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *
    A.
    Short:

    mentum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—
    B.
    Of the voice, subdued, low:

    suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

    Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

    murmur,

    Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

    erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

    Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

    suppressius,

    in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

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  • 8 supprimo

    sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.
    I.
    In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

    quattuor (naves) suppressae,

    Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

    naves,

    id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    hostem nostros insequentem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

    iter,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    aerii cursūs habenas,

    Ov. M. 6, 709:

    lora manu,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

    fugam,

    id. M. 11, 777:

    sanguinem,

    Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

    alvum,

    i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19:

    fontes,

    Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

    lacrimas,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

    vocem,

    let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

    partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

    id. ib. 5, 193:

    si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

    stultiloquium,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

    impetum militum,

    Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

    iram,

    id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

    querelas,

    id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

    furorem,

    id. 71:

    fletum,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

    dolorem altā mente,

    Luc. 6, 228. —
    B.
    To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

    pecuniam,

    id. ib. 25, 68;

    26, 71: nummos,

    id. ib. 27, 75:

    elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

    quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

    Liv. 3, 55, 13:

    testamentum,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    libros,

    id. Gram. 8 fin.:

    alienam ancillam,

    to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

    adulterii foeditate suppressā,

    Amm. 16, 8, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

    Liv. 5, 1, 7:

    famam coërcitam,

    Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

    indicium conjurationis,

    Curt. 6, 8, 8:

    nomen Vespasiani,

    Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *
    A.
    Short:

    mentum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—
    B.
    Of the voice, subdued, low:

    suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

    Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

    murmur,

    Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

    erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

    Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

    suppressius,

    in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

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  • 9 abstineō

        abstineō tinuī (tentus), ēre    [abs+teneo], to keep back, keep off, hold back: vix a se manūs: vim uxore et gnato, H.: ferrum quercu, O.: Gemitūs, screatūs, suppress, T.: facis iniuriam illi, qui non abstineas manum, by not keeping your hands off, T.: milites, restrain, L.: militem direptione, L.: militem a praedā, L.: ab uno eo (agro) ferrum ignemque abstineri iussit, L.: duobus omne ius belli, refrained from exercising against them the rights of war, L.: eorum finibus vim, L.—Esp. with se, to keep oneself from, refrain, abstain: ab eis se vitiis: his se armis, L.— Intrans, to refrain (cf. se abstinere), abstain: neque facto ullo neque dicto, S.: proelio, Cs.: pugnā, L.: maledictis: tactu, V.: caelo, O.: a ceteris coniurationis causis: ne a mulieribus quidem atque infantibus, Cs.: aegre abstinent, quin castra oppugnent, L.: ut seditionibus abstineretur, L.: non tamen abstinuit, hold his peace, V.
    * * *
    abstinere, abstinui, abstentus V
    withhold, keep away/clear; abstain, fast; refrain (from); avoid; keep hands of

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  • 10 dētineō

        dētineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [de + teneo], to hold off, keep back, detain, check: a quo incepto me ambitio detinuerat, S.: me detinuit morbus, T.: civium numerum tam bonis rebus: contionibus detinenda plebs, L.: me his oris, V.: nisi quid te detinet, if you have time, H.: me Gratā compede Myrtale, H.: novissimos proelio, Cs.: amor me Martis in armis detinet, V.: in eā legatione detentus, Ta.—Fig., to hinder, prevent, delay: Galliae victoriam, Cs.: se nonum ad diem, to prolong his life, Ta.—Of time, to lengthen, fill: tempus, O.: euntem sermone diem, O.— To keep, occupy, engage, busy: in alienis negotiis detineri: Nos Pallas detinet, O.
    * * *
    detinere, detinui, detentus V TRANS
    detain, hold; hold off, keep away (from); hold prisoner; retain; occupy; hold/keep back (from use); keep, cause to remain; reserve; delay end, protract

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  • 11 retineo

    rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].
    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 celatà 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.

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  • 12 cohibeō

        cohibeō uī, (itus), ēre    [com- + habeo], to hold together, hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise: omnīs naturas: Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, V.: nodo crinem, H.: marem cohibent (ova) vitellum, H.: auro lacertos, to encircle, O.: bracchium togā: parietibus deos, Ta. — To hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop: muris Turnum, V.: ventos in antris, O.: cervos arcu, i. e. to kill, H.: nec Stygiā cohibebor undā, H.: ab aliquā re, L.: cohiberi quo minus, etc., Ta.—Fig., to stop, to hold in check, restrain, limit, confine, control, keep back, repress, tame, subdue: motūs animi: eius furorem: iras, V.: bellum, L.: non tu te cohibes? control yourself, T.: manūs, animum ab auro: suas libidines a liberis.
    * * *
    cohibere, cohibui, cohibitus V TRANS
    hold together, contain; hold back, restrain, curb, hinder; confine; repress

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  • 13 sustineō

        sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [subs (see sub)+ teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain: umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand, Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control: currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain. —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve: civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters: (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain: hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand: sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer, L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed, O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus... non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back: est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided, L. — To put off, defer, delay: sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.
    * * *
    sustinere, sustinui, sustentus V
    support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back

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  • 14 cohibeo

    cŏ-hĭbĕo, ui ( perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo].
    I.
    To hold together, to hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise (class.;

    syn. contineo): omnes naturas ipsa (universa natura) cohibet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536:

    (nubes) ut fumus constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres,

    id. 6, 107:

    aliquid in se,

    id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19:

    at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris,

    Verg. A. 3, 424:

    semen occaecatum,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

    nodo crinem,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 22:

    namque marem cohibent callosa (ova) vitellum,

    id. S. 2, 4, 14:

    auro lacertos,

    to encircle, Ov. H. 9, 59:

    bracchium togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    deos parietibus,

    Tac. G. 9.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare): sed interest inter causas fortuito antegressas, et inter causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, to hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop, etc. (in a lit. sense in prose rare, but trop. very freq.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    cohibete intra limen etiam vos parumper,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1:

    nec muris cohibet patriis media Ardea Turnum,

    Verg. A. 9, 738:

    carcere ventos,

    Ov. M. 14, 224:

    ventos in antris,

    id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to stop, poet. for to kill, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34:

    nec Stygiā cohibebor undā,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 8:

    tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis,

    Curt. 6, 2, 11:

    Pirithoum cohibent catenae,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 80:

    claustra cohibentia Janum,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 255:

    ab aliquā re,

    Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56:

    sanguis spongiā in aceto tinctā cohibendus est,

    Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93:

    alvum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 49:

    milites intra castra,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    aquilones jugis montium,

    id. 8, 9, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to stop something (or one ' s self), to hold in check, to restrain, limit, confine, keep back, repress, tame, subdue (syn.:

    contineo, refreno, arceo, coerceo): motus animi perturbatos,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    furentis impetus crudelissimosque conatus,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

    furorem alicujus,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

    temeritatem,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    gaudia clausa in sinu tacito,

    Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30:

    iras,

    Verg. A. 12, 314:

    pravas aliorum spes,

    Tac. A. 3, 56:

    ac premeret sensus suos,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    bellum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 5:

    malum,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    sumptus,

    Arn. 2, p. 91:

    violentias effrenati doloris,

    Gell. 12, 5, 3:

    altitudinem aedificiorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43:

    (provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur,

    i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be moderate in grief, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—
    (β).
    With quominus:

    vix cohibuere amici, quominus eodem mari oppeteret,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.— Pass.:

    ne flumine quidem interjecto, cohiberi quominus, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10.—
    (γ).
    With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 (but in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true reading).—
    2.
    Aliquid ab aliquā re or aliquo, to keep something from something (or somebody), to ward off:

    manus ab alieno,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12:

    manus, oculos, animum ab auro gazāque regiā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris,

    id. Mil. 28, 76:

    adsensionem a rebus incertis,

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, limited, moderate:

    dicendi genus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 7.— Comp.:

    habitudo cohibitior,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.

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  • 15 comprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 16 conprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 17 sustineo

    sustĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [subs for sub, and teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, to bear up, keep up, support, sustain (syn. fulcio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    onus alicui,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

    quantum hominum terra sustinet,

    id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Men. 1, 1, 13:

    cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

    arma membraque,

    Liv. 23, 45, 3; Curt. 6, 1, 11; 7, 5, 8:

    infirmos baculo artus,

    to support, Ov. M. 6, 27:

    furcis spectacula,

    Liv. 1, 35, 9:

    ingenuā speculum manu,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 216:

    fornice exstructo, quo pons sustinebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 4: manibus clipeos et hastam Et galeam,

    Ov. H. 3, 119:

    vix populum tellus sustinet illa suum,

    id. ib. 15 (16), 182:

    lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 117:

    vas ad sustinenda opsonia,

    Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140:

    aër volatus alitum sustinet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: lacus omnia illata pondera sustinens, bearing on its surface, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 127:

    ecce populus Romanus universus veluti duobus navigiis inpositus binis cardinibus sustinetur,

    id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

    domum pluribus adminiculis fulcit ac sustinet,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3: se, to support one ' s self, hold one ' s self up, stand, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 25; so,

    se a lapsu,

    Liv. 21, 35:

    se alis,

    Ov. M. 4, 411. —
    B.
    In partic., to hold or keep back, to keep in, stay, check, restrain, control, etc. (syn.: refreno, supprimo, moror): currum equosque, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    currum,

    id. Lael. 17, 63 (v. infra, II. B. 3.):

    equos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    remos,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    manum,

    Ov. F. 5, 302:

    sustinet a jugulo dextram,

    Verg. A. 11, 750:

    a jugulo nitentem sustinet hastam,

    Stat. Th. 2, 648:

    flumina Threiciā lyrā,

    Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42):

    nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen,

    Liv. 25, 36, 1:

    aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit,

    id. 5, 39, 2:

    signa,

    id. 31, 24, 8:

    gradum,

    Ov. F. 6, 398:

    perterritum exercitum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 71:

    se,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Val. Fl. 3, 100:

    se ab omni assensu,

    i. e. to refrain, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    se a respondendo,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 104. — Poet.:

    celeres vias,

    i. e. to halt, Sen. Hippol. 794.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve:

    dignitatem et decus civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    causam rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 2; cf.:

    causam publicam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

    exspectationem,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    tris personas unus sustineo,

    characters, id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

    personam magistri,

    to personate, Suet. Gram. 24:

    quid muneris in rem publicam fungi ac sustinere velitis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

    historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100: vitam, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.— Poet.:

    (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram,

    Verg. G. 2, 297.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sustain, support, maintain, by food, money, or other means:

    hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur et sustinemur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 11:

    veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortunā, fide,

    id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

    qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere,

    id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

    alicujus munificentiā sustineri,

    Liv. 39, 9, 6:

    hinc patriam parvosque nepotes Sustinet,

    Verg. G. 2, 515:

    necessitates aliorum,

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    plebem,

    id. 3, 65, 6:

    penuriam temporum,

    Col. 9, 14, 17.—
    2.
    To bear, undergo, endure; to hold out against, withstand (so most freq.;

    syn.: fero, tolero, patior): mala ferre sustinereque,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    non tu scis, quantum malarum rerum sustineam,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 8:

    innocens suspitionem hanc sustinet causā meā,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 32:

    labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

    aestatem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 3:

    dolorem pedum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 8:

    certamen,

    Liv. 33, 36, 12:

    vim hostium,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    periculum,

    Dig. 18, 6, 1:

    o dii, quis hujus potentiam poterit sustinere?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

    alicujus imperia,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    vulnera,

    id. ib. 1, 45:

    Philo ea sustinere vix poterat, quae contra Academicorum pertinaciam dicebantur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    Peloponnesum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7: eos (rogantes), Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3; Liv. 31, 13:

    senatus querentes eos non sustinuit,

    id. 31, 13, 4:

    justa petentem deam,

    Ov. M. 14, 788:

    ferrum ignemque Jovemque,

    id. ib. 13, 385 et saep.— Absol.: expectes et sustineas necesse est, Mart. 9, 3, 13:

    neque jam sustineri poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 6, 4; Liv. 29, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    With obj.-clause (mostly with a negative: non sustinet, he cannot bear, cannot endure; he does not take upon himself, does not venture):

    non sustineo esse conscius mihi dissimulati judicii mei,

    Quint. 3, 6, 64:

    non impositos supremis ignibus artus Sustinuit spectare parens,

    Ov. M. 13, 584;

    so negatively,

    id. ib. 1, 530; 6, 367; 6, 606; 9, 439; 10, 47; id. F. 4, 850; Vell. 2, 86, 2. —

    In a negative interrog.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus, etc.... non credidisse? tantae populi Romani voluntati restitisse? Sustineant. Reperiemus, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    hoc quidem quis hominum sustineat petulans esse ad alterius arbitrium?

    Quint. 12, 9, 10; 3, 6, 64:

    deserere officii sui partes,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; 9, 13, 6:

    Parmenionem rursus castigare non sustinebat,

    Curt. 4, 13, 8; 6, 1, 15:

    nec solus bibere sustineo,

    id. 7, 5, 12; 7, 6, 15; 8, 5, 7; Vell. 2, 86, 2; Suet. Caes. 75.—Affirmatively:

    quem in vinculis habituri erant, sustinuere venerari,

    Curt. 5, 10, 13:

    colloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit,

    id. 6, 8, 16; 7, 5, 38; 10, 5, 25:

    quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit,

    took upon herself, presumed, Ov. M. 11, 322; so,

    sustinet ire illuc,

    id. ib. 4, 447; 6, 563; id. H. 5, 32; Phaedr. 4, 16, 8: aliquem videre, Auct. Cons. Liv. 135:

    si quis aquam... haurire sustineat,

    Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 64:

    mentiri,

    Petr. 116.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain; to keep back, put off, defer, delay:

    est igitur prudentis sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63; so,

    impetum hostis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 26; 2, 11;

    3, 2 et saep.: subitas hostium incursiones,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; cf.:

    Curio praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    bellum consilio,

    Liv. 3, 60, 1:

    assensus lubricos,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

    sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani,

    id. Att. 12, 51, 3:

    oppugnationem ad noctem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6:

    rem in noctem,

    Liv. 5, 35, 7:

    iram,

    id. 2, 19, 4.

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  • 18 distineō

        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.
    * * *
    distinere, distinui, distentus V
    keep apart, separate; prevent, hold up; distract

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  • 19 supprimō (subp-)

        supprimō (subp-) pressī, pressus, ere    [sub+ premo].—Of vessels, to sink, send to the bottom: quattuor (naves) suppressae, L.— To keep back, withhold: eam (pecuniam).— To hold back, keep back, check, stop, detain, restrain: hostem nostros insequentem, Cs.: aërii cursūs habenas, O.: vocem, let fall, O.: partem vocis, O.—Fig., to conceal, suppress: quae (senatūs consulta) supprimebantur, L.: coniurationis indicium, Cu.: nomen alcuius, Ta.— To check, repress: aegritudinem: impetum militum, L.: querelas, O.: iram, L.

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  • 20 recipiō

        recipiō cēpī (recepsō for recēperō, Ct.), ceptus, ere    [re+capio].    I. To take back, bring back, carry back, retake, get back, regain, recover: dandis recipiendisque meritis, by an exchange of services: si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat, Cs.: reges, L.: canam, recepto Caesare felix, H.: Tarentum, recaptured: praeda recepta est, L.: Pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, et recepit, drew out again, V.: suos omnīs incolumes (sc. ex oppido in castra), withdraw, Cs.: cohortes defessos, Cs.: Illum medio ex hoste, rescue, V.—With pron reflex., to draw back, withdraw, betake oneself, retire, retreat, escape: se ex hisce locis: se ex fugā, Cs.: se recipiendi spatium, L.: se ad Caesarem, Cs.: ex castris in oppidum sese, Cs.: rursus se ad signa, Cs.: se in novissimos, L.: sub murum se, Cs.: eo se, Cs.: Neque sepulcrum quo recipiat habeat, portum corporis (sc. se), Enn. ap. C.—Fig., to bring back: (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum.— To get back, receive again, regain, recover, repossess: antiquam frequentiam recipere urbem pati, L.: et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit, got back, O.: quam (vitam) postquam recepi, recovered, O.: animam, T.: a pavore recepto animo, L.: voltumque animumque, O.: mente receptā, H.—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire: ad frugem bonam: ad reliquam cogitationem belli, Cs.— To recover, collect oneself, resume self-possession: ut me recepi: nullum spatium recipiendi se dedit, L.: se ex terrore, Cs.: totā me mente, O.—    II. To take to oneself, take in, admit, accept, receive, welcome: Excludor, ille recipitur, T.: Xerxem, await the attack of: hos tutissimus portus recipiebat, Cs.: Mosa ex Rheno recepta insulam efficit, Cs.: equus frenum recepit, submitted to, H.: Hominem amicum ad te, T.: hominem ad epulas: gentes in civitatem receptae: deorum in templa, H.: Ilergetes in ius dicionemque, L.: reges in amicitiam, S.: sidera in caelo recepta, O.: tecto recipi, Cs.: illum suis urbibus: oppido ac portu recepti, Cs.: legatos moenibus, S.: eum domum suam: ut domum ad se quisque hospitio reciperet, Cs.—Of money or income, to take in, receive, collect, acquire, gain: pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus: pecunia, quae recipi potest.—Of weapons or fetters, to submit to, accept, receive, expose oneself to: necesse erat ab latere aperto tela recipi, Cs.: ferrum: donec (equus) frenum recepit, H.—Of places, to seize, capture, take, possess, occupy: Praeneste per deditionem, L.: oppido recepto, Cs.: rem p. armis, S. —Fig., to take upon oneself, assume, receive, accept, admit, allow: in semet ipsum religionem, to burden himself with, L.: antiquitas recepit fabulas: nec inconstantiam virtus recipit: timor misericordiam non recipit, Cs.: casūs recipere (res), be liable to, Cs.: re iam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, L. — To take up, undertake, accept, assume: causam Siciliae: id facere, quod recepissem, T.: officium. — To assume an obligation, pledge oneself, take the responsibility, be surety for, warrant, promise, engage: ad me recipio; Faciet, T.: promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.: promitto, recipio, spondeo, Caesarem talem semper fore, etc.: facturum, quod milites vellent, se recepit, L.: fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me, had given him a solemn assurance: ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio: mihi in Cumano se defensurum, etc.: postulabat ut... id ipsi fore reciperent, Cs.—Of a magistrate, with nomen, to entertain a charge against, enter as an accused person, indict: nomen absentis: appellantibus nemo erat auxilio, quin nomina reciperentur, L.
    * * *
    recipere, recepi, receptus V
    keep back; recover; undertake; guarantee; accept, take in; take back

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