continuerant
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;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...prodidit umbra, at nostrae vix se continuere manus, quin albam raramque comam lacrimosaque vino lumina rugosas distraherentque genas..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...volaturus parvo dedit oscula nato, Nec patriae lacrimas continuere genae. Monte minor collis, campis erat altior aequis: Hinc..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...biduum consul et rex, alter alterius conatus expectantes, continuere suos intra uallum; tertio die Romanus omnes in aciem..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Volscorum et Aequorum dilectu, sustinendo rem ab seditionibus continuere, urbano otio foris quoque omnia tranquilla esse adfirmantes..."