contineas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contineo, continere, continui, contentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve;; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis;; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...itaque quod lacrimas propter circumstantem adsidentemque aut contineas aut exprimas: nec cessant nec fluunt umquam tam turpiter quam..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...esset auctoris, alia deinceps huius notae, quae siue contineas nihil tacitam conscientiam iuuant, siue proferas non doctior uidearis..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...condemnato, nec iam ulla[m] mortalium innocentiam trepidatione contineas, si patitur deprehensus quisque quod maluit. levat omnes cruciatus..."