contineo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
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Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...meam adstringo fidem: quae vera audivi taceo et contineo optume; sin falsum aut vanum aut finctumst, continuo palamst..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inquit 'mundum scrutor nec me intra contubernium mortale contineo, suadere vobis aut dissuadere contenta: magna me vocant supraque..." - M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...manus ac tela contineo, eosdem facile adducam, ut te haec, quae vastare iam pridem studes, relinquentem usque..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...continenti genere tertiam victimam rei publicae praebuisset. [62] Contineo me ab exemplis. Graecis hoc modicum est: Leonidas, Epaminondas..."