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
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uirum te iudico. SY. Laudas? ne ille continebit posthac, si sapiet, manus. DE. Fortiter. SY. Perquam, quia miseram..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."