continens

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

continēns (genitive continentis, superlative continentissimus, adverb continenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. limiting, enclosing
  2. bordering, neighboring
  3. connected, continuous, unbroken
  4. continual, uninterrupted
  5. (of temperament) moderate, temperate

Declension

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Derived terms

Noun

continēns f (genitive continentis); third declension

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

Declension

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Descendants

Participle

continēns (genitive continentis); third-declension one-termination participle

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

Declension

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References

  • continens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • continens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • continens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • continens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the continent: (terra) continens (B. G. 5. 8. 2)
    • to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous: continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)
    • to behave with moderation: moderatum, continentem esse
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