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(v. a.P. a.P. a.) : con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. teneo.
* Act., to hold or keep together.
* In gen. (rare).
* Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus): per hortum utroque commeatus continet,Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence
* With partic. access. ideas.
* Trop.: omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,hang together,Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.
* With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).
* Lit.: (alvus) arcet et continet ... quod recepit,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: merces (opp. partiri),id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf. exercitum (opp. dividere),Liv. 28, 2, 16: arida continent odorem diutius,Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.
* With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
* Lit.: milites sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.: pecudem sub tecto,Col. 7, 10, 3: exercitum castris,Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.: nostros in castris (tempestates),Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and: copias in castris,id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9: Pompeium quam angustissime,Caes. B. C. 3, 45: aliquem limine,Liv. 34, 1, 5: ora frenis,Phaedr. 3, 6, 7: ventos carcere,Ov. M. 11, 432: animam in dicendo,Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.: se ruri,to stay, remain,Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.: se domi,Suet. Caes. 81: suo se loco,Caes. B. G. 4, 34: oppido sese,id. ib. 2, 30: castris se continere,id. B. C. 3, 37: se vallo,id. B. G. 5, 44: se finibus Romanis,Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3: moenibus sese,id. 42, 7, 4: agrorum suorum terminis se,id. 38, 40, 2: se moenibus,Ov. M. 13, 208: sese intra silvas,Caes. B. G. 2, 18: suos intra munitionem,id. ib. 5, 57; 5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9; Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,Tac. H. 4, 19: praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.: an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.
* With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector): (aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,Lucr. 6, 877; cf.: ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so, in se,Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2: Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,Ov. M. 15, 240: rem militarem,Liv. 5, 52, 16: panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138: (linea) centum continet (pedes),Quint. 1, 10, 44: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2: paucas species (vox),Quint. 11, 3, 18: tales res, quales hic liber continet,Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1: narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,Quint. 4, 2, 10: fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.: liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause: quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.
* In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.: terreno corpore,Lucr. 1, 1085: non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59: artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis ... rebus contineretur,id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus ... continetur,id. Fin. 2, 15, 48: versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: foedere,Liv. 41, 23, 9: actu,Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.: forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.: quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,id. Off. 3, 5, 23.
* Contĭnens, entis, P. a.
* (Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).
* Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.
* (Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, ἐγκρατής (rare, but in good prose): continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,Caes. B. C. 1, 23: cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1: puer,id. Att. 6, 6, 3: Epaminondas,Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al.—Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.
* (Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge: causae,Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95: intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.—Adv.: contĭnen-ter.
* Prop.: continens agmen migrantium,Liv. 1, 29, 4: agmen,id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.: ruinae,id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used; v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.
* Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted: labor omnium dierum,Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3: bella,Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.: imperium usque ad nos,Liv. 7, 30, 8: imber per noctem totam,id. 23, 44, 6: biduo,Suet. Calig. 19: febres sine intermissione,Cels. 3, 5 fin.: e continenti genere,in continuous descent,Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: spiritus,id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so, in continenti,Dig. 44, 5, 1.
* (Acc. to A. 2.)
* In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.
* (Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare): vivere,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.: vivere,Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also
* Contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.
* With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3: suis rebus,Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51: paucis,Hor. S. 1, 3, 16: illā (sorte),id. ib. 1, 1, 3: viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82: solā Dianā,Verg. A. 11, 582.
* Absol.: cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.
* With inf.: indagare,Ov. M. 1, 461: edidicisse,id. ib. 2, 638: retinere titulum provinciae,Vell. 2, 49: hostes sustinuisse,id. 2, 112: indicare,Quint. 4, 2, 128: ostendere,id. 5, 10, 31: id consequi, quod imiteris,id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.—Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely: arte contenteque habere aliquem,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63: parce contenteque vivere,Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.
* Act., to hold or keep together.
* In gen. (rare).
* Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus): per hortum utroque commeatus continet,Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence
* With partic. access. ideas.
* Trop.: omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,hang together,Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.
* With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).
* Lit.: (alvus) arcet et continet ... quod recepit,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: merces (opp. partiri),id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf. exercitum (opp. dividere),Liv. 28, 2, 16: arida continent odorem diutius,Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.
* With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
* Lit.: milites sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.: pecudem sub tecto,Col. 7, 10, 3: exercitum castris,Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.: nostros in castris (tempestates),Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and: copias in castris,id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9: Pompeium quam angustissime,Caes. B. C. 3, 45: aliquem limine,Liv. 34, 1, 5: ora frenis,Phaedr. 3, 6, 7: ventos carcere,Ov. M. 11, 432: animam in dicendo,Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.: se ruri,to stay, remain,Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.: se domi,Suet. Caes. 81: suo se loco,Caes. B. G. 4, 34: oppido sese,id. ib. 2, 30: castris se continere,id. B. C. 3, 37: se vallo,id. B. G. 5, 44: se finibus Romanis,Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3: moenibus sese,id. 42, 7, 4: agrorum suorum terminis se,id. 38, 40, 2: se moenibus,Ov. M. 13, 208: sese intra silvas,Caes. B. G. 2, 18: suos intra munitionem,id. ib. 5, 57; 5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9; Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,Tac. H. 4, 19: praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.: an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.
* With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector): (aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,Lucr. 6, 877; cf.: ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so, in se,Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2: Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,Ov. M. 15, 240: rem militarem,Liv. 5, 52, 16: panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138: (linea) centum continet (pedes),Quint. 1, 10, 44: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2: paucas species (vox),Quint. 11, 3, 18: tales res, quales hic liber continet,Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1: narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,Quint. 4, 2, 10: fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.: liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause: quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.
* In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.: terreno corpore,Lucr. 1, 1085: non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59: artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis ... rebus contineretur,id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus ... continetur,id. Fin. 2, 15, 48: versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: foedere,Liv. 41, 23, 9: actu,Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.: forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.: quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,id. Off. 3, 5, 23.
* Contĭnens, entis, P. a.
* (Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).
* Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.
* (Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, ἐγκρατής (rare, but in good prose): continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,Caes. B. C. 1, 23: cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1: puer,id. Att. 6, 6, 3: Epaminondas,Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al.—Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.
* (Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge: causae,Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95: intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.—Adv.: contĭnen-ter.
* Prop.: continens agmen migrantium,Liv. 1, 29, 4: agmen,id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.: ruinae,id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used; v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.
* Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted: labor omnium dierum,Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3: bella,Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.: imperium usque ad nos,Liv. 7, 30, 8: imber per noctem totam,id. 23, 44, 6: biduo,Suet. Calig. 19: febres sine intermissione,Cels. 3, 5 fin.: e continenti genere,in continuous descent,Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: spiritus,id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so, in continenti,Dig. 44, 5, 1.
* (Acc. to A. 2.)
* In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.
* (Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare): vivere,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.: vivere,Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also
* Contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.
* With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3: suis rebus,Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51: paucis,Hor. S. 1, 3, 16: illā (sorte),id. ib. 1, 1, 3: viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82: solā Dianā,Verg. A. 11, 582.
* Absol.: cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.
* With inf.: indagare,Ov. M. 1, 461: edidicisse,id. ib. 2, 638: retinere titulum provinciae,Vell. 2, 49: hostes sustinuisse,id. 2, 112: indicare,Quint. 4, 2, 128: ostendere,id. 5, 10, 31: id consequi, quod imiteris,id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.—Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely: arte contenteque habere aliquem,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63: parce contenteque vivere,Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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