continebit
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uirum te iudico. SY. Laudas? ne ille continebit posthac, si sapiet, manus. DE. Fortiter. SY. Perquam, quia miseram..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...congesseris, non finis erit cupiditatis sed gradus. Qui continebit itaque se intra naturalem modum, paupertatem non sentiet..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inventa per me sed ab allis tradita continebit, habeat etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur, propterea quod..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...liber primus ea quae sunt ante officium rhetoris continebit. Secundo prima apud rhetorem elementa et quae de ipsa..."