continendis
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;
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...complectendis multum valent et in iis quae cogitamus continendis prope solae, excepta quae potentissima est [et] exercitatione, divisio..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...pugnandi poterat cupiditatem, ut magis deterrendi et continendi a periculosissimis essent dimicationibus quam incitandi ad pugnandum. Alexandrini..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vetustate obsoleuissent, ob recentem Boiorum perfidiam: Sempronius contra continendis in fide sociis maximum vinculum esse primos qui eguissent..."