continendas
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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
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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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Seleucum in Aeolide reliquerat cum exercitu ad maritimas continendas urbes, quas illinc a Pergamo Eumenes, hinc a Phocaea..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...illas] per gentis et minus gloriae avidi imperio continenda fuit. Praeterea diversorum ordinum [certamina hoc anno exarserunt]. [annonae..." - G
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..."