WordInfo for: "confinium"

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- confine (external link: confine)
- confinis (external link: confinis)
- confinium (external link: confinium)
- confinius (external link: confinius)

Dictionary

Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- confine
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- confinium
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Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- confine
  - Confine, huius confinis, Substantiuum.
    Adioyning to. vt, Ad confine papillæ. Valer. Nigh about the teate or pappe.
- confinis
  - Confinis, etiam datiuo iungitur: vt, Confines suntijs. Plin. Confinis, per translationem. Quint.
    Like: of the same sort.
- confinium
  - Confinium, huius confinij, n. g. Colum. Plin. Vicinitates & confinia. Cic.
    The borders and placcs by. Confinium astis & falsi. Tacit. The likenesse of craft and salsitie. Terræ alicuius confinia. Lucan. Ad confinia alicuius loci. Val. Flac. Ponere in confinio arbores. Vlpian. To sette trees in the houndes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- confinis
  - 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.).
    I. Prop.
    (a). 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.—
    (b). 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.—
    B. Subst.
    1. confīnis, is, m., a neighbor, Dig. 18, 1, 35, 8; Mart. 2, 32; Lact. 5, 2, 3.—
    2. confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood: mundi labentis, Luc. 6, 649: papillae, Val. Fl. 6, 374.—
    II. 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.
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- confinium
  - confīnĭum, ii, n. [confinis], a confine, common boundary, limit, border (of lands; on the contr., vicinitas, of houses, Dig. 10, 1, 4; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once; not in Quint.).
    I. Prop.
    (a). Sing.: in confinio consitus ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; id. L. L. 5, 74 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 5, 24; Liv. 33, 3, 8; 37, 23, 1; Tac. H. 4, 72; id. G. 3 al.: ad confinium, Plin. 6, 9, 10, 27: per confinium, id. 6, 9, 10, 28: ex confinis, id. 12, 20, 44, 98: ad usque confinium cervicis, App. M. 4, p. 149, 11.—
    (b). Plur.: vicinitatibus et confiniis, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64.— More freq. in nom. and acc. confinia, Ov. M. 12, 40; 14, 7 al.; Luc. 3, 275 et saep.—
    II. Trop., neighborhood, nearness, close connection.
    (a). Sing.: in quam arto salutis exitiique fuerimus confinio, Vell. 2, 124, 2; so, boni malique, Col. 3, 5, 2: breve artis et falsi, Tac. A. 4, 58: nullum vitiorum (et virtutum), Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—
    (b). Plur., confines, boundaries: confinia lucis, noctis, Ov. M. 7, 706; 4, 401; 13, 592; id. F. 5, 187; Tib. 4, 1, 70: virtutum, Gell. 1, 2, 4.
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- confinius
  - confīnĭus, a, um, adj., v. confinis init.
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