contineo

contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre

com-+teneo, to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ : ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with , Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within , Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in , Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together : Zonarum trium contentus fine, O.— To keep together, keep in a body : uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.— To shut in, hem in, surround, hold : munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain : quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.— To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress : manūs, keep hands off , T.: unde manum continuit?H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay : suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors , V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt , V.— To comprise, contain, comprehend : in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain : rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.— To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue : adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain , T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself , T.: libros, keep back : odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise : liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists , Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points , L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.