# contineo
## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /konˈti.ne.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪneoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈti.ne.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːneo]

### Verb

contineō (present infinitive continēre, perfect active continuī, supine contentum); second conjugation
* to hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain
    Synonyms: obtineō, servō, teneō, apprehendō, prehendō, retineō, comprehendō, praeservō, cū̆stōdiō
* to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround
* (of places) to enclose, bound, limit; comprise
    Synonyms: includo, claudo, obsideo
* 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 continebantHaving destroyed the bridges, the Gauls, in confidence of the position, posted themselves on this hill
* to detain, restrain, repress, enclose
    Synonyms: retineō, arceō, includō, teneō, cohibeō, claudō
* to check, curb, stop, tame, subdue
    Synonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, perimō, inclūdō, intersaepiō, cohibeō, retineō, impediō, arceō, reprimō, supprimō, comprimō, premō, moror
    Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
* to comprise, involve, contain
    Synonyms: complector, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, amplector

#### 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, 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)