retentio
Latin
Etymology
From retineō (“to keep or hold back”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈten.ti.oː/, [rɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈten.t͡si.o/, [reˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
retentiō f (genitive retentiōnis); third declension
- a holding back; holding in; a withholding
- a retaining, keeping back
- preservation, maintenance
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | retentiō | retentiōnēs |
| Genitive | retentiōnis | retentiōnum |
| Dative | retentiōnī | retentiōnibus |
| Accusative | retentiōnem | retentiōnēs |
| Ablative | retentiōne | retentiōnibus |
| Vocative | retentiō | retentiōnēs |
Related terms
- retentō
- retentor
- retentus
- retināculum
- retināx
- retinēns
- retinentia
- retineō
Descendants
- Catalan: retenció
- English: retention
- French: rétention
- Italian: ritenzione
- Portuguese: retenção
- Romanian: retenție
- Russian: ретенция (retencija)
- Sicilian: ritinziuni, ritinzioni (more recent)
- Spanish: retención
References
- “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