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Lewis Short
(Subst.) : con-fīnis (access. form confīnĭus, a, um, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K.; Schol. Juv. 14, 151; Front. Pol. p. 144 Goes.), e
* Adj., bordering one upon another, bordering on, adjoining, contiguous (class. in prose and poetry, but not in Cic.).
* Prop.
* Absol.: fundi,Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; Dig. 10, 1, 4, § 8: in confinem agrum,Liv. 4, 49, 4: templa,Ov. A. A. 1, 87.
* Trop., nearly related, nearly like, similar (mostly postAug.; esp. freq. in Quint.): pervenire ad confinium genus ejus generis (orationis),Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K. (al. confine).— With dat.: confinia carmina studio vestro,Ov. P. 2, 5, 71: vitia virtutibus,Sen. Ep. 120, 8: confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata,Quint. 9, 2, 92; so id. 5, 11, 21; 6, 3, 88 al.; Symm. Ep. 10, 1.
* Confīnis, is, m., a neighbor, Dig. 18, 1, 35, § 8; Mart. 2, 32; Lact. 5, 2, 3.
* Confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood: mundi labentis,Luc. 6, 649: papillae,Val. Fl. 6, 374.
* Adj., bordering one upon another, bordering on, adjoining, contiguous (class. in prose and poetry, but not in Cic.).
* Prop.
* Absol.: fundi,Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; Dig. 10, 1, 4, § 8: in confinem agrum,Liv. 4, 49, 4: templa,Ov. A. A. 1, 87.
* Trop., nearly related, nearly like, similar (mostly postAug.; esp. freq. in Quint.): pervenire ad confinium genus ejus generis (orationis),Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K. (al. confine).— With dat.: confinia carmina studio vestro,Ov. P. 2, 5, 71: vitia virtutibus,Sen. Ep. 120, 8: confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata,Quint. 9, 2, 92; so id. 5, 11, 21; 6, 3, 88 al.; Symm. Ep. 10, 1.
* Confīnis, is, m., a neighbor, Dig. 18, 1, 35, § 8; Mart. 2, 32; Lact. 5, 2, 3.
* Confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood: mundi labentis,Luc. 6, 649: papillae,Val. Fl. 6, 374.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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