confīnĭus

con-fīnis (access. form confīnĭus, a, um, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K.; Schol. Juv. 14, 151; Front. Pol. p. 144 Goes.), e, adj., bordering one upon another, bordering on, adjoining, contiguous (class. in prose and poetry, but not in Cic.).

Prop.

Absol.:

fundi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; Dig. 10, 1, 4, § 8:

in confinem agrum,

Liv. 4, 49, 4:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 87.—

With dat.: confines erant hi Senonibus, * Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

regio confinis Illyrico,

Liv. 45, 29, 9:

uti quisque potentiori confinis erat,

Sall. J. 41, 8:

gens confinis Cappadociae,

Nep. Dat. 4, 1; Curt. 6, 5, 11:

Mauri Atlanti,

Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91:

caput collo,

Ov. M. 1, 718:

litora prato,

id. ib. 13, 924:

fons fundo,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 2.—

Subst.

confīnis, is, m., a neighbor, Dig. 18, 1, 35, § 8; Mart. 2, 32; Lact. 5, 2, 3.—

confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood:

mundi labentis,

Luc. 6, 649:

papillae,

Val. Fl. 6, 374.—

Trop., nearly related, nearly like, similar (mostly postAug.;

esp. freq. in Quint.): pervenire ad confinium genus ejus generis (orationis),

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K. (al. confine).— With dat.:

confinia carmina studio vestro,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 71:

vitia virtutibus,

Sen. Ep. 120, 8:

confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata,

Quint. 9, 2, 92; so id. 5, 11, 21; 6, 3, 88 al.; Symm. Ep. 10, 1.

con-fīnis (access. form confīnĭus, a, um, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K.; Schol. Juv. 14, 151; Front. Pol. p. 144 Goes.), e, adj., bordering one upon another, bordering on, adjoining, contiguous (class. in prose and poetry, but not in Cic.).

Prop.

Absol.:

fundi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; Dig. 10, 1, 4, § 8:

in confinem agrum,

Liv. 4, 49, 4:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 87.—

With dat.: confines erant hi Senonibus, * Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

regio confinis Illyrico,

Liv. 45, 29, 9:

uti quisque potentiori confinis erat,

Sall. J. 41, 8:

gens confinis Cappadociae,

Nep. Dat. 4, 1; Curt. 6, 5, 11:

Mauri Atlanti,

Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91:

caput collo,

Ov. M. 1, 718:

litora prato,

id. ib. 13, 924:

fons fundo,

Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 2.—

Subst.

confīnis, is, m., a neighbor, Dig. 18, 1, 35, § 8; Mart. 2, 32; Lact. 5, 2, 3.—

confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood:

mundi labentis,

Luc. 6, 649:

papillae,

Val. Fl. 6, 374.—

Trop., nearly related, nearly like, similar (mostly postAug.;

esp. freq. in Quint.): pervenire ad confinium genus ejus generis (orationis),

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K. (al. confine).— With dat.:

confinia carmina studio vestro,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 71:

vitia virtutibus,

Sen. Ep. 120, 8:

confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata,

Quint. 9, 2, 92; so id. 5, 11, 21; 6, 3, 88 al.; Symm. Ep. 10, 1.