lying on the back

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

* * *

rĕ-sŭpīnus, a, um, adj., bent back or backwards, lying on one ' s back or with the face upwards, supine (not in Cic.).

Lit.: resupinum in caelo contueri, i. e. lying on [p. 1585] one ' s back, face upwards, supine, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

fertur equis curruque haeret resupinus inani,

Verg. A. 1, 476:

eque tuo pendet resupino spiritus ore,

Lucr. 1, 37; Ov. H. 16, 255; id. M. 2, 267:

jacuit resupinus humi,

id. ib. 4, 121;

12, 324: hunc ego resupinum fudi,

id. ib. 13, 86 al.:

retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas,

bent back, id. ib. 15, 520:

collum,

id. ib. 1, 730:

pectus,

id. ib. 12, 138:

caput,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93 et saep. — Of an arrogant gait or manner: (Niobe) mediam tulerat gressus resupina per urbem, with head thrown back, i. e. proudly, Ov. M. 6, 275; cf. Sen. Ep. 80, 7;

Cod. Th. 9, 3, 6: si non resupini spectantesque tectum expectaverimus, quid obveniat,

Quint. 10, 3, 15:

spectat resupino sidera vultu,

Mart. 9, 44, 3.—

Transf., of things turned or bent back:

Elis,

spread out on a hill, Stat. Th. 4, 237:

labra lilii,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23:

vomer,

id. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—

Trop., lazy, slothful, effeminate, careless, negligent:

voluptas,

Quint. 5, 12, 20; cf. id. 11, 3, 167:

qui solvit, numquam ita resupinus est, ut facile suas pecunias jactet,

Dig. 22, 3, 25:

existimatio,

ib. 43, 24, 4.

rē̆-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).

Lit.:

me retrahis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 8;

aliquem,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83; Liv. 30, 20; 21, 63 (in the last two passages with revocare);

10, 25: bos domitus et procurrentem (bovem) retrahit, et cunctantem producit,

holds back, Col. 6, 2, 10: aliquem hinc, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

Hannibalem in Africam (Scipio),

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56:

aliquem in urbem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

manum,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

pedem,

Verg. A. 10, 307:

quo fata trahunt retrahuntque,

id. ib. 5, 709:

castra intra penitus,

Liv. 36, 17 Drak.:

occulere aut retrahere aliquid (pecuniae),

to keep back, withhold, id. 32, 38 fin.:

se,

Cic. Cael. 27, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 58:

se ab ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 87:

se a convivio,

Cels. 1, 1, 5; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 14, 2.—

Mid.: (corpuscula complexa) inter se retrahuntur,

Lucr. 2, 155:

in servitutem retrahi,

Tac. A. 13, 26. —

In partic., to drag back, bring back a fugitive, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Liv. 2, 12; 25, 7:

ut retractus, non reversus, videretur,

Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Sall. C. 39, 5:

ex fugā, 47, 4: fugientem,

Just. 38, 9, 6; 38, 10, 13. —

Hence, comically, of fugitive money,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 11; cf. also infra, B.—

Trop., to draw back, withdraw, remove, etc.:

postquam poëta vetus poëtam non potest Retrahere ab studio,

to withdraw, remove, Ter. Phorm. prol. 2:

aliquem a re publicā,

Cic. Sest. 15, 34:

Thebas ab interitu,

Nep. Epam. 8, 4:

aliquem ex magnis detrimentis,

Suet. Aug. 71:

ex viginti trecentisque millibus ad centum quinquaginta retraxit,

i. e. he reduced them to one hundred and fifty thousand, Suet. Caes. 41 Oud.:

verba,

to keep back, suppress, Sen. Ep. 3, 6; so,

vires ingenii,

id. ib. 79, 3: noctes, to shorten, Manil. 4, 253:

stellae splendorem suum,

Vulg. Joel, 2, 10: genus ejusmodi calliditatis et calumniae retrahetur in odium judicis, is drawn or converted into, results in, Cic. Part. 39, 137:

imaginem nocturnae quietis ad spem haud dubiam retraxit,

Tac. A. 16, 1.—

With reference to the signif. A. 2: illa (verba), quae jam majoribus nostris ademit oblivio fugitiva,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll. —

To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).

Lit.:

Caesar Antistium Veterem absolutum adulterii increpitis judicibus ad dicendam majestatis causam retraxit,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

aliquem postero die ad eosdem cruciatus,

id. ib. 15, 57:

Treviros in arma,

id. H. 4, 70 fin. —

Trop.:

oblitterata aerarii monimenta,

Tac. A. 13, 23:

potiorem civitatis partem ad societatem Romanam,

id. H. 4, 56 fin. — Hence, rĕtractus, a, um, P. a., drawn back, lying back, remote, distant: emporium in intimo sinu Corinthiaco, Liv. 36, 21:

in trorsus sinus maris,

id. 26, 42.— Comp.:

retractior a mari murus,

Liv. 34, 9:

retractius paulo cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

retracti introrsum oculi,

deep-set, Sen. Contr. 1, 6.

rĕ-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour back; to pour out, cause to overflow, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.: quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem et rursum trahunt indidem, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

aequor refundit in aequor,

Ov. M. 11, 488:

ponto refuso,

Verg. G. 2, 163:

sanguinem, v. B. infra: luna glaciem refundit,

melts, Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223:

imis Stagna refusa vadis,

flowing back, Verg. A. 1, 126; cf.:

Acheronte refuso,

id. ib. 6, 107:

unda refunditur,

Stat. Th. 9, 465:

Tiberis refusus,

Tac. H. 1, 86: refusus Oceanus, i. e. flowing back into itself (the Homeric apsorroos), Verg. A. 7, 225; Luc. 8, 797.—

Transf., of things not liquid:

refunditur alga,

is flung back, Verg. A. 7, 590:

intestina,

Cels. 7, 16: quam libenter tot spoliatis, tot trucidatis sanguinem et bona [p. 1549] refudisses, i. e. hadst given back, restored, Plin. Pan. 40, 4; cf.:

refudimus Nilo suas copias,

id. ib. 31, 3:

quod accepit,

Dig. 12, 4, 5 fin.:

fructus venditori,

ib. 18, 2, 6:

invicem impensas,

ib. 19, 5, 5, § 4: huic dabis loricam, quam refundat, Val. Imp. ap. Treb. Pol. Claud. 14, 6; Veg. Mil. 1, 20. — Poet.:

refusa Conjugis in gremium,

stretched out, lying at length, Luc. 8, 105:

refusis in spatium immensum campis,

i.e. outspread, Sil. 13, 322.—

Trop.:

fletu super ora refuso,

pouring forth, Ov. M. 11, 657 (dub.;

al. profuso): necem in Tatiani consilia,

i. e. to infuse, Spart. Hadr. 9: per cujus oboedientiam humani generis culpa deleta, refusa justitia est, checked, satisfied, Ambros. Apol. David, 17, § 81.

sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].

Adv., on the upper side, on the top, above.

Lit., of place:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

Verg. A. 8, 149:

oleum supra siet,

Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

toto vertice supra est,

i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

stupet inscia supra,

Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

alia superius rapiuntur,

upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—

Trop.

Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

quae supra scripta est,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

Lucr. 1, 429:

quae supra dixi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

quae supra scripsi,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

quem supra deformavi,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

uti supra demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut supra dixi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

ut supra scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

supra repetere,

farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—

Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

supra adjecit Aeschrio,

offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

nihil pote supra,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

nihil supra Deos lacesso,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

Petr. 43 fin.:

tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

a triginta annis et supra,

Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—

With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

Cic. Or. 40, 139:

corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

supra quam optari potuit,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

supra quod capere possum,

Dig. 32, 1, 28.—

Prep. with acc., above, over.

Lit., of place:

si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

ille qui supra nos habitat,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

supra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

supra se in summo jugo,

id. B. G. 1, 24:

accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

saltu supra venabula fertur,

Verg. A. 9, 553:

supra segetes Navigat,

over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

attolli supra ceteros mortales,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

supra caput esse,

to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

rarely supra capita,

Liv. 42, 42, 6.—

In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

supra Suessulam,

Liv. 23, 32, 2:

Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

supra Britanniam,

id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —

Trop.

Of time, before:

paulo supra hanc memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—

Of number, degree, or quantity.

With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

Liv. 43, 3, 2:

caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

Col. 12, 49, 3:

tres (cyathos),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—

In gen.:

quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

hominis fortunam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

humanam supra fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

Liv. 2, 13, 8:

modum,

id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—

Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

Vitr. 7, praef. §

5: servus supra rationes positus,

Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

SVPRA INSVLAS,

Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

SVPRA IVMENTA,

ib. 2870:

SVPRA VELARIOS,

ib. 2967:

SVPRA COCOS,

ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—

Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.