continor

Latin

Alternative forms

• continuor

Etymology

Uncertain. In Lewis & Short explained as a mediopassive use of continuō in the sense of "making oneself continuous to". In the Thesauro Linguae Latinae a relation to contiō and conventiō is suggested; Rönsch connected it with contus, inferring the basic sense "I hit (with a pole)".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.nor/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪ɪnɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.nor/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪inor]

Verb

continor (present infinitive continārī); first conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

1. to encounter
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 1.24:

     inde mē commodum ēgredientem continātur Pȳthias.

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 6.18:

     jamque confectā bonā parte mortiferae viae contināberis claudum asinum lignōrum gerulum cum agāsōne similī.

   • 4th century CE, Symmachus, Epistulae 1.53.2:

     nisi forte in silvīs Apollinem contināris, ut ille pāstor Hēsiodus, quem poētica laurū Camēnālis familia corōnāvit.

Declension

Conjugation of continor (first conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	continor	contināris, contināre	continātur	contināmur	contināminī	continantur
	imperfect	continābar	continābāris, continābāre	continābātur	continābāmur	continābāminī	continābantur
	future	continābor	contināberis, continābere	continābitur	continābimur	continābiminī	continābuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	continer	continēris, continēre	continētur	continēmur	continēminī	continentur
	imperfect	continārer	continārēris, continārēre	continārētur	continārēmur	continārēminī	continārentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contināre	—	—	contināminī	—
	future	—	continātor	continātor	—	—	continantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		continārī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		contināns	—	—	—	—	continandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		continandī	continandō	continandum	continandō	—	—

References

• continor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “continuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• continor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “continor” in volume 4, column 720, line 64 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present