Latin edit

Etymology edit

From retineō (to keep or hold back) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

retentiō f (genitive retentiōnis); third declension

  1. a holding back; holding in; a withholding
  2. a retaining, keeping back
  3. preservation, maintenance

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative retentiō retentiōnēs
Genitive retentiōnis retentiōnum
Dative retentiōnī retentiōnibus
Accusative retentiōnem retentiōnēs
Ablative retentiōne retentiōnibus
Vocative retentiō retentiōnēs

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References edit

  • retentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • retentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • retentio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • retentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.