continens

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ti.nens/, [ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs]

Adjective

continēns (genitive continentis); third declension

  1. limiting, enclosing
  2. bordering, neighboring
  3. connected, continuous, unbroken
  4. continual, uninterrupted

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative continēns continentēs continentia
Genitive continentis continentium
Dative continentī continentibus
Accusative continentem continēns continentēs continentia
Ablative continentī continentibus
Vocative continēns continentēs continentia

Noun

continēns f (genitive continentis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative continēns continentēs
Genitive continentis continentum
Dative continentī continentibus
Accusative continentem continentēs
Ablative continente continentibus
Vocative continēns continentēs

Descendants

Participle

continēns m, f, n (genitive continentis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative continēns continentēs continentia
Genitive continentis continentium
Dative continentī continentibus
Accusative continentem continēns continentēs, continentīs continentia
Ablative continente, continentī1 continentibus
Vocative continēns continentēs continentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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, 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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