continens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	continēns	continēns		continentēs	continentia
genitive	continentis	continentis		continentium	continentium
dative	continentī	continentī		continentibus	continentibus
accusative	continentem	continēns		continentēs	continentia
ablative	continentī	continentī		continentibus	continentibus
vocative	continēns	continēns		continentēs	continentia

Related terms

• continenter
• contineō
• continuus

Noun

continēns (genitive continentis); f, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	continēns	continentēs
genitive	continentis	continentum
dative	continentī	continentibus
accusative	continentem	continentēs
ablative	continente	continentibus
vocative	continēns	continentēs

Descendants

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

Participle

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

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

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	continēns	continēns		continentēs	continentia
genitive	continentis	continentis		continentium	continentium
dative	continentī	continentī		continentibus	continentibus
accusative	continentem	continēns		continentēs	continentia
ablative	continente1	continente1		continentibus	continentibus
vocative	continēns	continēns		continentēs	continentia

¹ But continentī when used purely as an adjective.