Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 430.contineō on page 430
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continēre to hold together
continēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to hold together.
Definitions for continēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to hold together, contain, keep, enclose, restrain
English derivatives:
content discontent malcontent continual continuous incontinent countenance
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To hold together, connect, link, join. (b) (transf., pass.) to be held together (by bonds of relationship, common interests, etc.); (of things) to be associated (by similarity).
- 2
To hold in a specified position; to hold in position, secure. (b) to hold up, support. (c) to grasp firmly, hold tightly.
- 3
To keep or hold together (non-physical things), prevent from disintegrating, sustain.
- 4
To maintain or keep a person or thing in a specified state or condition.
- 5
To continue to have, retain, keep. (b) to keep safe, preserve; to preserve a record of. (c) to retain (in the memory), keep in mind. (d) to keep to oneself, withhold from publication.
Sentences with continēre
Latin to English
Contineo unus ex pars flumen Rhenus, latus atque altus, qui ager Helvetius a Germani divido.Compare They are enclosed on one side by the River Rhine, very broad and very deep, which divides the Helvetian territory from the Germans.
Non enim deus vena et nervus et os contineo.Compare For the gods do not consist of veins and nevers and bones.
Conjugation table for continēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| contineō continēs continet continēmus continētis continent | continēbam continēbās continēbat continēbāmus continēbātis continēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| continuī continuistī continuit continuimus continuistis continuērunt / continuēre | continueram continuerās continuerat continuerāmus continuerātis continuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| continēbō continēbis continēbit continēbimus continēbitis continēbunt | continuerō continueris continuerit continuerimus continueritis continuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| contineam contineās contineat contineāmus contineātis contineant | continērem continērēs continēret continērēmus continērētis continērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| continuerim continueris continuerit continuerimus continueritis continuerint | continuissem continuissēs continuisset continuissēmus continuissētis continuissent |
Infinitive present continēre Infinitive perfect continuisse Infinitive future contentūrum esse | Imperative present continē continēte Imperative future continētō continētō continētōte continentō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| contineor continēris continētur continēmur continēminī continentur | continēbar continēbāris / continēbāre continēbātur continēbāmur continēbāminī continēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| contentus sum contentus es contentus est contentī sumus contentī estis contentī sunt | contentus eram contentus erās contentus erat contentī erāmus contentī erātis contentī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| continēbor continēberis / continēbere continēbitur continēbimur continēbiminī continēbuntur | contentus erō contentus eris contentus erit contentī erimus contentī eritis contentī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| continear contineāris / contineāre contineātur contineāmur contineāminī contineantur | continērer continērēris / continērēre continērētur continērēmur continērēminī continērentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| contentus sim contentus sīs contentus sit contentī sīmus contentī sītis contentī sint | contentus essem contentus essēs contentus esset contentī essēmus contentī essētis contentī essent |
Infinitive present continērī Infinitive perfect contentum esse Infinitive future contentum īrī | Imperative present continēre continēminī Imperative future continētor continētor - continentor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | continēns | continentēs |
| Gen. | continentis | continentium |
| Dat. | continentī | continentibus |
| Acc. | continentem | continentēs |
| Abl. | continente | continentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | contentūrus | contentūrī |
| Gen. | contentūrī | contentūrōrum |
| Dat. | contentūrō | contentūrīs |
| Acc. | contentūrum | contentūrōs |
| Abl. | contentūrō | contentūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | contentus | contentī |
| Gen. | contentī | contentōrum |
| Dat. | contentō | contentīs |
| Acc. | contentum | contentōs |
| Abl. | contentō | contentīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | continendus | continendī |
| Gen. | continendī | continendōrum |
| Dat. | continendō | continendīs |
| Acc. | continendum | continendōs |
| Abl. | continendō | continendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | continēre | contentum |
| Gen. | continendī | contentū |
| Dat. | continendō | |
| Acc. | continendum | |
| Abl. | continendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 430.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "contineō, continēre, continuī, contentum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/contineo-continere-continui-contentum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 137.contineō, continēre, continuī, contentum on page 137
