contineo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /konˈti.ne.oː/

Verb

present active contineō, present infinitive continēre, perfect active continuī, supine contentum.

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.

Inflection

Second Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contineō	continēs	continet	continēmus	continētis	continent
	future	continēbō	continēbis	continēbit	continēbimus	continēbitis	continēbunt
	imperfect	continēbam	continēbās	continēbat	continēbāmus	continēbātis	continēbant
	perfect	continuī	continuistī	continuit	continuimus	continuistis	continuērunt
	future perfect	continuerō	continueris	continuerit	continuerimus	continueritis	continuerint
	pluperfect	continueram	continuerās	continuerat	continuerāmus	continuerātis	continuerant
passive	present	contineor	continēris	continētur	continēmur	continēminī	continentur
	future	continēbor	continēberis	continēbitur	continēbimur	continēbiminī	continēbuntur
	imperfect	continēbar	continēbāris	continēbātur	continēbāmur	continēbāminī	continēbantur
	perfect	Use contentus m, contenta f, contentum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use contentus m, contenta f, contentum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use contentus m, contenta f, contentum n followed by the imperfect 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	contineātur	contineāmur	contineāminī	contineantur
	imperfect	continērer	continērēris	continērētur	continērēmur	continērēminī	continērentur
	perfect	Use contentus m, contenta f, contentum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use contentus m, contenta f, contentum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	continē	continētō	continētō	continēre	continētor	continētor
	plural	continēte	continētōte	continentō	continēminī	—	continentor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		continēre	continuisse	contentūrus esse	continērī	contentus esse	contentum īrī
participles		continēns (continentis)	—	contentūrus-ra, -rum	—	contentus-a, -um	continendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

contentē contentus continēns

continenter continentia

Related terms

abstineō attineō circumteneō dētineō distineō obtineō

pertineō retineō sustineō teneō trānstineō

Descendants

Catalan: contenir English: contain, content, continent French: contenir Galician: conter Italian: contenere

Jèrriais: cont'nîn Portuguese: conter Romanian: conteni, conține Spanish: contener

References

• contineo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879