contineo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin contineō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtɪ.ne.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtiː.ne.o]

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 keep in, enclose, bound, limit, surround, contain; comprise

   Synonyms: includo, claudo, obsideo

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.1:

     […] ; continētur Garumna flūmine, Ōceanō, fīnibus Belgārum; […] .

     […] ; it is bounded by the Garonne River, by the Ocean, and by the frontiers of the Belgae; […] .

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, coërceō, 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		continēre			continērī			continēns			—
future		contentūrum esse			contentum īrī			contentūrus			continendus
perfect		continuisse			contentum esse			—			contentus
future perfect		—			contentum fore			—			—
perfect potential		contentūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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)