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
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potuit paucis plura plane proloqui. verum tamen nequeo contineri quin loquar. audin, Menaechme? quom inspicio marsuppium, viaticati hercle..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod vi hostili optigit? ARIST. Enim iam nequeo contineri. T. Heus, audin quid ait? quin fugis? iam illic..."Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...mutuis, sed communi odio, quod erga regem susceperant, contineri viderentur. Id cum satis se confirmasse arbitratus est, certiorem..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dedit mi natali die. DAEM. Ea est profecto. contineri quin complectar non queo. filia mea, salve..."