contineo, contines, continere E, continui, contentum Verb

Translations

  1. to secure
  2. to maintain
  3. to sustain
  4. to fasten/hold in position
  5. to retain

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E-Conjugation (2)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) continerecontineri
Anter. (Perfect) continuissecontentum esse
Post. (Future) contenturum essecontentum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. continere
Gen. continendi
Dat. continendo
Acc. continendum
Voc. continere
Abl. continendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative contine!continete!
Supinum
Type I contentum
Type II contentū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

Milaniona ferunt; Saepe tulit iusso fallacia retia collo, Saepe fera torvos cuspide fixit apros: Sensit et Hylaei contentum saucius arcum: Sed tamen hoc arcu notior alter erat.

~ Ovid, Ars Amatoria II
Gaius Julius Caesar

Sed tamen se contentum fore ea poena quam sibi ipsi contraxissent.

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum VIII
Marcus Tullius Cicero

usum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse, cum tu discessu ceterorum nostra tamen, qui remansissemus, caede te contentum esse dicebas?

~ Cicero, In Catilinam I
L. Annaeus Seneca

'Tu me' inquis 'vitare turbam iubes, secedere et conscientia esse contentum?

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber I

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