retentus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of retineō.

Participle

retentus (feminine retenta, neuter retentum); first/second-declension participle

1. restrained, delayed
2. repressed
3. held

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	retentus	retenta	retentum		retentī	retentae	retenta
Genitive	retentī	retentae	retentī		retentōrum	retentārum	retentōrum
Dative	retentō		retentō		retentīs
Accusative	retentum	retentam	retentum		retentōs	retentās	retenta
Ablative	retentō	retentā	retentō		retentīs
Vocative	retente	retenta	retentum		retentī	retentae	retenta

References

• “retentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “retentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• retentus 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)
• retentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.