contineatur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Neque enim dubitari potest quin artis pars magna contineatur imitatione. Nam ut invenire primum fuit estque praecipuum..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...plerisque eorum". I. Ergo cum omnis causa contineatur aliquo statu, prius quam dicere adgredior quo modo genus quodque..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...urbis atque agri capti, quae et ipsa voto contineatur, mentionem nullam fieri. Cum ea disceptatio, anceps senatui visa..."