attineo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /atˈti.ne.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈti.ne.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪iːneo]
Verb
attineō (present infinitive attinēre, perfect active attinuī, supine attentum); second conjugation
- I bring or hold to or near.
- I hold fast, keep, detain, hold back, delay.
- I hold possession of, retain, occupy, preserve, keep, guard.
- I stretch or reach out to.
- (used in the third person) I belong to, pertain or relate to, concern.
- (used in the third person) I am useful or important.
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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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- what is the use of: quid attinet? with Infin.
- what is the use of: quid attinet? with Infin.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-
- Latin terms prefixed with ad-
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs with perfect in -u-
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook