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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."