attineo

attineo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtineō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ teneō (“hold; restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈti.ne.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈti.ne.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪iːneo]

Verb

attineō (present infinitive attinēre, perfect active attinuī, supine attentum); second conjugation

1. I bring or hold to or near.
2. I hold fast, keep, detain, hold back, delay.
3. I hold possession of, retain, occupy, preserve, keep, guard.
4. I stretch or reach out to.
5. (used in the third person) I belong to, pertain or relate to, concern.
6. (used in the third person) I am useful or important.

Conjugation

Conjugation of attineō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attineō	attinēs	attinet	attinēmus	attinētis	attinent
	imperfect	attinēbam	attinēbās	attinēbat	attinēbāmus	attinēbātis	attinēbant
	future	attinēbō	attinēbis	attinēbit	attinēbimus	attinēbitis	attinēbunt
	perfect	attinuī	attinuistī	attinuit	attinuimus	attinuistis	attinuērunt, attinuēre
	pluperfect	attinueram	attinuerās	attinuerat	attinuerāmus	attinuerātis	attinuerant
	future perfect	attinuerō	attinueris	attinuerit	attinuerimus	attinueritis	attinuerint
passive	present	attineor	attinēris, attinēre	attinētur	attinēmur	attinēminī	attinentur
	imperfect	attinēbar	attinēbāris, attinēbāre	attinēbātur	attinēbāmur	attinēbāminī	attinēbantur
	future	attinēbor	attinēberis, attinēbere	attinēbitur	attinēbimur	attinēbiminī	attinēbuntur
	perfect	attentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attineam	attineās	attineat	attineāmus	attineātis	attineant
	imperfect	attinērem	attinērēs	attinēret	attinērēmus	attinērētis	attinērent
	perfect	attinuerim	attinuerīs	attinuerit	attinuerīmus	attinuerītis	attinuerint
	pluperfect	attinuissem	attinuissēs	attinuisset	attinuissēmus	attinuissētis	attinuissent
passive	present	attinear	attineāris, attineāre	attineātur	attineāmur	attineāminī	attineantur
	imperfect	attinērer	attinērēris, attinērēre	attinērētur	attinērēmur	attinērēminī	attinērentur
	perfect	attentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attinē	—	—	attinēte	—
	future	—	attinētō	attinētō	—	attinētōte	attinentō
passive	present	—	attinēre	—	—	attinēminī	—
	future	—	attinētor	attinētor	—	—	attinentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		attinēre	attinuisse	attentūrum esse	attinērī	attentum esse	attentum īrī
participles		attinēns	—	attentūrus	—	attentus	attinendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		attinendī	attinendō	attinendum	attinendō	attentum	attentū

Derived terms

• attentus
• attinae

Related terms

• abstineō
• circumteneō
• contineō
• dētineō
• distineō
• obtineō
• pertineō
• retineō
• sustineō
• teneō
• trānstineō

Descendants

• French: attenir
• Galician: ater
• Italian: attenere
• Portuguese: ater
• Romanian: aține, aținere
• Sicilian: attèniri
• Spanish: atener

References

• “attineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• attineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • what is the use of: quid attinet? with Infin.