Latin

Verb

contineō ‎(present infinitive continēre, perfect active continuī, supine contentum); second conjugation

1. I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain; connect.
2. (of places) I enclose, bound, limit; comprise.
3. I detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
4. I check, curb, stop, tame, subdue.
5. I comprise, involve, contain.

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References

• contineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contineo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • to be shut in on all sides by very high mountains: altissimis montibus undique contineri
    
  • Gaul is bounded by the Rhone.[TR1: Gallia Rhodano continetur (vid. sect. V. 4., note contineri aliqua re...)
    
  • four successive days: quattuor dies continui
    
  • to hold one's breath: animam continere
    
  • to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
    
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
    
  • to depend upon a thing: contineri aliqua re
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid coniectura nititur, continetur (Div. 1. 14. 24)
    
  • to be brought up under strict discipline: severa disciplina contineri
    
  • theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
    
  • the book contains something... (not continet aliquid): libro continetur aliquid
    
  • to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
    
  • to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
    
  • to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates
    
  • to hold the people in one's power, in check: plebem continere
    
  • to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • to keep the troops in camp: copias castris continere
    
  • to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)