continendae
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;
dat. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ille non sentiat, augenda vis et exercitatione multa continenda est; quae quidem maxima ex parte memoria constat, ideoque..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...saepius in ea quam natura dedit specie continenda est. CII. Sciendum vero in primis quid quisque in orando..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Seleucum in Aeolide reliquerat cum exercitu ad maritimas continendas urbes, quas illinc a Pergamo Eumenes, hinc a Phocaea..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...illas] per gentis et minus gloriae avidi imperio continenda fuit. Praeterea diversorum ordinum [certamina hoc anno exarserunt]. [annonae..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...PLINIO Nihil opus sit, mi Secunde carissime, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti. Perseveremus in ea consuetudine quae..."