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
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..."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..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...urbis atque agri capti, quae et ipsa voto contineatur, mentionem nullam fieri. Cum ea disceptatio, anceps senatui visa..."