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-tĭnĕo , tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. teneo,
I.to hold off, keep back, detain.
II. Trop.
A. In gen. (poet.), to delay, i. e. lengthen: “euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,Ov. M. 1, 683; cf. “tempus,id. Pont. 4, 10, 67.—
B. Esp., to occupy, engage (also class.): “in alienis negotiis detineri,Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Quint. 10, 5, 17: “in contumelia,Tac. A. 13, 36 fin.: “in admiratione sui,Suet. Ner. 52: “manus in lyricis modis,Ov. F. 5, 386: “mentes hominum circa alia,Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. § 4:“ animum studiis,Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 39: “oculos (mea poëmata),id. ib. 2, 520; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 63: “animos in timore,Hirt. B. Afr. 72, 3.—
C. To hold in the mind, know: “veritatem Dei in injustitia,Vulg. Rom. 1, 18.
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