The Latin word for to hold is
tenere

Example Sentences

Possumne infantem tuum tenere?	Can I hold your baby?
Manus mihi dolet, cum aliquid teneo.	My hand hurts when I hold something.
Noli prohibere benefacere eum qui potest; si vales, et ipse benefac.	If you are capable of doing good for someone then do not hold back.
Tene hoc.	Hold this.
Surge, tolle puerum et tene illum manu tua, quia in gentem magnam faciam eum.	Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Dominus pugnabit pro vobis, et vos silebitis.	The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

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