confinia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confinius, confinia, confinium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
adjoining, contiguous/having a common boundary; closely connected, allied, akin;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →confinis, confinis, confine:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adjoining, contiguous/having a common boundary; closely connected, allied, akin;; pertaining to boundaries; boundary-, border-;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →confinium, confini(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
common boundary (area); border, limit; proximity/nearness/neighborhood;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →confine, confinis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
boundary, border, border-line; confine, neighborhood (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Perseos auersi Cyllenida derigit harpen lata colubriferi rumpens confinia colli. quos habuit uoltus hamati uolnere ferri caesa caput..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...illic ingens pelagi, semperque laborantaequora ne rupti repetant confinia montes.bellaque Sardoas etiam sparguntur in oras.utraque frugiferis est insula..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...suas in templa Lacinia rupes, longior Italia, donec confinia pontus 435solueret incumbens terrasque repelleret aequor, at, postquam gemino..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...naturamque humani ingenii virtutumque origines officiaque earum et confinia aut contra morborum vitiorumque fraudes animorumque labes, pestilentias asseverabat..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...contrario enituit. Sunt enim, ut scis, uirtutibusuitia confinia, et perditis quoque ac turpibus recti similitudo est: sic mentitur..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Gallio: "dura, anime, dura: here fortior fuisti". XCII. Confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata, per quae..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...quae fortuna videtis. crastina namque dies trucis ad confinia Ponti Cyaneasque vocat meminique, o Tiphy, tuorum saxa..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aeque mecum sitis gnarures. eius nunc regiones, limites, confinia determinabo: ei rei ego finitor factus sum. sed nisi..."
