contineo

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ teneō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ne.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.ne.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːneo]

Verb

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

1. to hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain

   Synonyms: obtineō, servō, teneō, apprehendō, prehendō, retineō, comprehendō, praeservō, cū̆stōdiō

2. to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround
3. (of places) to enclose, bound, limit; comprise

   Synonyms: includo, claudo, obsideo

4. to fasten, to hold in position, to post

   Synonyms: imponō, collocō, locō, sistō, struō, ponō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.19:

     Hoc se colle interruptis pontibus Galli fiducia loci continebant

     Having destroyed the bridges, the Gauls, in confidence of the position, posted themselves on this hill

5. to detain, restrain, repress, enclose

   Synonyms: retineō, arceō, includō, teneō, cohibeō, claudō

6. to check, curb, stop, tame, subdue

   Synonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, perimō, inclūdō, intersaepiō, cohibeō, retineō, impediō, arceō, reprimō, supprimō, comprimō, premō, moror

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō

7. to comprise, involve, contain

   Synonyms: complector, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, amplector

Conjugation

Conjugation of contineō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contineō	continēs	continet	continēmus	continētis	continent
	imperfect	continēbam	continēbās	continēbat	continēbāmus	continēbātis	continēbant
	future	continēbō	continēbis	continēbit	continēbimus	continēbitis	continēbunt
	perfect	continuī	continuistī	continuit	continuimus	continuistis	continuērunt, continuēre
	pluperfect	continueram	continuerās	continuerat	continuerāmus	continuerātis	continuerant
	future perfect	continuerō	continueris	continuerit	continuerimus	continueritis	continuerint
passive	present	contineor	continēris, continēre	continētur	continēmur	continēminī	continentur
	imperfect	continēbar	continēbāris, continēbāre	continēbātur	continēbāmur	continēbāminī	continēbantur
	future	continēbor	continēberis, continēbere	continēbitur	continēbimur	continēbiminī	continēbuntur
	perfect	contentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contineam	contineās	contineat	contineāmus	contineātis	contineant
	imperfect	continērem	continērēs	continēret	continērēmus	continērētis	continērent
	perfect	continuerim	continuerīs	continuerit	continuerīmus	continuerītis	continuerint
	pluperfect	continuissem	continuissēs	continuisset	continuissēmus	continuissētis	continuissent
passive	present	continear	contineāris, contineāre	contineātur	contineāmur	contineāminī	contineantur
	imperfect	continērer	continērēris, continērēre	continērētur	continērēmur	continērēminī	continērentur
	perfect	contentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	continē	—	—	continēte	—
	future	—	continētō	continētō	—	continētōte	continentō
passive	present	—	continēre	—	—	continēminī	—
	future	—	continētor	continētor	—	—	continentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		continēre	continuisse	contentūrum esse	continērī	contentum esse	contentum īrī
participles		continēns	—	contentūrus	—	contentus	continendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		continendī	continendō	continendum	continendō	contentum	contentū

Derived terms

• contentē
• contentus
• continēns
• continenter
• continentia
• continuus

 

Related terms

• abstineō
• attineō
• circumteneō
• dētineō
• distineō
• obtineō
• pertineō
• retineō
• sustineō
• teneō
• trānstineō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: acumtin
• Catalan: contenir
• English: contain, content, continent
• French: contenir
• Galician: conter
• Italian: contenere
• Norman: cont'nîn (Jersey)
• Portuguese: conter
• Romanian: conteni, conține
• Sicilian: cuntèniri
• Spanish: contener

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
• contineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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)