distineō tinuī, tentus, ēre
dis + teneo,
to keep asunder, separate, part, hold back
: tigna binis utrimque fibulis distinebantur,
Cs.: duo freta Isthmos, O.:
alqm a domo, H.: hostem
Agger, V.—
To keep back, hinder, detain, occupy, engage, employ, divert
: manūs hostium, Cs.: copias Caesaris,
kept from uniting
, Cs.: Volscos, L.: in multitudine iudiciorum distineri: distineri litibus,
N.: ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri,
L.—
To hinder, delay, put off, prevent
: pacem: victoriam, Cs.: rem distinebat, quod, etc., L.—Fig.,
to distract, perplex
: distineor dolore: factiones senatum distinebant,
L.
