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1. rĕtentus, a, um.
- a. Part. of retendo.
- b. Part. of retineo.
* 2. rĕtentus, ūs, m. [retineo], a holding fast, grasping: vivosque imitata retentus (manūus), Claud. in Rufin. 2, 438.