continendo
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. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...astu eius commenticiisque simulamentis, quibus ad barbaros milites continendos conciliandosque sibi utebatur. XXIII. De aetatibus historicorum nobilium, Hellanici..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uitam unusquisque quam multis distribuit! Adstricti sunt in continendo patrimonio, simul ad iacturam temporis uentum est, profusissimi..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castra tum forte in Baetica ad sociorum animos continendos in fide haberet, signis repente sublatis fugae magis quam..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bellum evenisset, ludos magnos vovit. Dictator ad continendos proprio bello Tiburtes consulari exercitu iusso manere, omnes iuniores nullo..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tamen et tibi placebunt; si tantum sibi, continendos cavea nidove curabis. Vale. C. PLINIUS LUPERCO SUO S. Dixi..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...sentias, scribas mihi. Ero enim vel cautior in continendo vel constantior in edendo, si huc vel illuc auctoritas..."