contineris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →continor, continari, continatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encounter, meet with;
sg. pres. subj. 2nd - 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. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potuit paucis plura plane proloqui. verum tamen nequeo contineri quin loquar. audin, Menaechme? quom inspicio marsuppium, viaticati hercle..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod vi hostili optigit? ARIST. Enim iam nequeo contineri. T. Heus, audin quid ait? quin fugis? iam illic..." - C
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...mutuis, sed communi odio, quod erga regem susceperant, contineri viderentur. Id cum satis se confirmasse arbitratus est, certiorem..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...distantibus constat; uno enim spiritu unum bonum contineri ac regi debet, unum esse unius boni principale..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Oenopides Chius ait hieme calorem sub terris contineri: ideo et specus calidos esse et tepidiorem puteis aquam, itaque..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...modestia delectari, uernularum licentia, illos disciplina tristiori contineri, horum ali audaciam. Idem tibi de deo liqueat: bonum uirum..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...neque iudicum reverentia neque agendi more ac modo contineri, quo ipso mentis habitu manifestum sit tam in suscipiendis..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dedit mi natali die. DAEM. Ea est profecto. contineri quin complectar non queo. filia mea, salve..."