Latin

Adjective

continēns m, f, n ‎(genitive continentis); third declension

1. limiting, enclosing
2. bordering, neighboring
3. connected, continuous, unbroken
4. continual, uninterrupted

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• continenter
• contineō
• continuus

Noun

continēns f ‎(genitive continentis); third declension

1. continent
2. mainland
3. (figuratively, rhetoric) The primary point.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: continent
• Russian: контине́нт ‎(kontinént)
• Spanish: continente

Participle

continēns m, f, n ‎(genitive continentis); third declension

1. holding together, containing
2. (places) enclosing, bounding, limiting

Inflection

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• continens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• continens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONTINENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “continens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the continent: (terra) continens (B. G. 5. 8. 2)
    
  • to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous: continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)
    
  • to behave with moderation: moderatum, continentem esse