DETAIN Copy link • DETAINtenere (to keep at a place): detinere (to hold anything or anybody back, so that it or he cannot reach its destination; e.g., naves tempestatibus detinentur): retinere (to keep back; to prevent a person or thing from proceeding further; e.g., one who wishes to set out on a journey, a visitor, etc.; being detained by a storm, by disturbances in the city, tempestate, urbano motu retentus, Caes.; also to keep what belongs to another, retinere alienum): deprehendere (to seize and keep; e.g., to detain letters, ships, etc.): tardare, retardare (to retard the progress of a person or thing; PROP., and figuratively): to detain a person, profecturum detinere; alicujus profectionem tardare (to prevent a person’s setting out at the time he wishes): retardare aliquem in via; retardare alicujus iter (to detain him after he has set out): unless he has been detained, nisi quid impedimenti in via passus est. I am detained by adverse winds, ventis detineor (in loco); venti me tardant; tempestate retineor: to detain anybody any where, aliquem aliquo loco retinere or detinere, or continere, or cohibere: to be detained by business, multis occupationibus detineri. To keep in custody, aliquem custodia asservare; aliquem in custodiam dare, or includere, or condere; comprehendere: to be detained (in custody), in custodia haberi or servari, custodia teneri or retineri.