continēns (1) entis, adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of contineo, bounding, limiting, enclosing : litas, i. e. of the continent , L.: parum locuples continente ripā, H.— Bordering, neighboring, contiguous, near, adjacent : silvae, Cs.: fundus fundo eius: aër mari: ripae collis, Cs.: cum Ciliciā.— Holding together, cohering, connected, continuous, uninterrupted : silvae, Cs.: grex, L.: agmen, L.: ruinae, L.: terra, N.—Fig., in time, following, next, consequent upon : continentibus diebus, Cs.: motus sensui iunctus et continens: timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit, L.— Continual, consecutive, uninterrupted : continenti labore omnia superare, Cs.: imber per noctem totam, L.: e continenti genere, in unbroken descent : continenti impetu, without a pause , Cs.—In character, continent, moderate, temperate : hoc nemo fuit magis continens, T.: continentior in vitā quam in pecuniā, Cs.: Epaminondas, N.: continentissimi homines.