To bende: to stretch out: to straine: to knitte or tye strait. To goe toward a place: to endeucur earnestly: to enforce. To require or desire effectually: to affirme and defend an opinion: to contend or resist: to striue: to cast or shoote a dart or arrow: to make haste to goe to. Contendere poplitem. Hora. To home his knee, or to stretch out his knee. Contendere vincla. Virg. To hinde hard. Contendere tormenta. Cic. To bende engines, as men doe bend howes. Ilia risu contendere. Ouid. To stretch. Contendere animum. Ouid. To muse earnestly vpon. Contendere. Proficisci. Cæsar, Ad eos contendit. He goeth toward them. Ad ædes contendit. Cic. Contendere cursum aliquò. Pla. To runne toward a place. Contendere cursum ad aliquem. Virg. Contendere iter constitutum. Cæsar. To goe on his sourney that he began. Contendit Romam. Salust. He went streight to Rome. Contendere magnis itineribus in Italiam. Cæs. To speede with great iourneies toward Italy. Magnis itineribus ad exercitum Afanij contendit. Cæs. In orbem diuersum fama contendere. Ouid. To be of great name in farre conntreyes. Contendere agmen. Curt. To leade forward his arwy with haste and speede. Contendere. Virg. To endeuour earnestly. In vlterioré Galliam cum ijs legionibus ite contendit. Cæ. Animo contendere. Ci. To mforce him lelf with all his wit. Eniti & contendere. Cic. Labore contendere. Cic. Dyrthachium petere contendit. Cic. He endenoureth to go to. Contra vim grauitatémque morbi contendit: vt ad castra perueniret. Cic. Viribus contendere. Lucret. To enforce himselfe with all his strength. Maximis laboribus & periculis ad summam laudem gloriámque contendere. Cic. To endeuour to attayne Contendere omn: bus neruis. Cic. To enforce himselfe with all his power. Contendere neruos in re aliqua. Cic. Idem. To laboour all that he can in a thing. Contendere neruos ætatis in dustriæ que so æ in re aliqua. Cicer. To labout all that he can eyther by his age or indusirie to attayne a thing. Contendere rectis studijs ad magna. Cicer. To endeuour the straite way to atchieue great matters. Frustra contendere. Virg. In vaine to inforce himselfe. Contendere aliquid ab aliquo. Cicer. Earnestly to require a thing of one. A magistris quum contenderem de proferendo die. Ci. When I sued earnestly to haue the day prolonged. Omni studio te mi Brute contendo, vt Ciceronem meum de dimittas. Cicero. I requcste of you as earuesily as I can, that, &c. Pompeius me valde contendit de reditn in gratiam Cic. Plurimis verbis aliquid ab aliquo contendere. Cic. In many wordes to request. Verecunde aliquid ab aliquo contendere. Cic. Quantum potero, voce contendam, vt hoc Pop. Rom. exaudiat. Cic. I will strayne my voyce, or crie out, as lowde as I can, that, &c. Vt Asclepiades contendit. Cels. As Asclepiades affirmeth or difendeth. Contendere, Certare. To striue, or contende. vt Contendere aduersum aliquem. Cic. Contendere alicui, id est cum aliquo, seu aduersus aliquem. Horatius. Pugnare & contendere. Cic. Contendere aliquid contra æ cuitatem. Cicer. To striue to attaine a thing against equitie. Contendunt verbis idter se, non pugnis. Cicer. They contende with wordes and not with fisies. Si causa cum causa contenderet. Cic. If the question were in the worthinesse of the causes. Contendere ciuiliter. Cic. To contend or sue after the maner of Citizens orderly. Contendere de honore. Cic. To striue for honour. Palm vehementérque de re aliqua contendere Cic. Contendere armis. Salust. To warre. Armis cum aliquo contendere. Cic. Contendere bello cum aliquo. Virg To be at warre with one. Cursu contendere. Ouid. To contende in running: to run with for the game. Inimicissimè atque infestissimè contendere. Cic. Contendere summo iure. Cicet. To handle one with extremitie and tigour. Iure contendere cum aliquo. Cic. To go to lawe with one. Contendere iuigio cum aliquo. Cic. To chide with one. Lite de re aliqua contendere. Quint. To go to law for a thing. Ludo contendere cum aliquo. Virg. To play against one. Marte contendere. Virg. To fight. Contendere muneribus cum aliquo. Martial. To striue who may giue most. Pedibus contendere cum aliquo. Ouid. To contende who ran runne swifcest. Pignore aliquo contendere. Catul. To gage or stake downe some what and pay for it. Sacramento contendere. Cicer. To take an the against one in indgement that it is not as he saith. Versibus alternis contendere. Virg. Summa vi imperú que conrendere contra aliquem. Cic. Contendere omnia. Cicer. To proone by all the meanes he can: to assay all the wayes he can. Amori alicuius contendere, Græca locutio, pro Cum amore contendere. Propert. Hirundo contendit cycnis, Id est, indoctus cum docto. Lucret. Cõtendere duos. Tac. To match or set one against the other. Contendere res aliquas, pro Conferre, Componere, inuicem comparare. Cic. To compare. Contendere rem aliquam cum alia. Apulcius. To compre one thing with another. Contendere rem aliqam alteri Idem. Aulonius. Magistratus populo summa ambitione contenditur. Cicer. The office was sued for to the people with great brybing.

To conteyne, or holde: to refrayne or keepe backe: to keepe close: not to tell or shewe: to keepe togither: to withhold or let: to keepe or preserue. Coercet & continet mundus omnia suo complexu. Cicero. Encloseth and conteyneth. Nec vlla res vehementius Rempub. continet, qum fides. Cicero. Nothing doth more preserue, keepe, or holde cogither. Vitus amicitiam & gignit, & continet. Cicer. Vertue both breedeth and preserueth friendship. Odorem continere. Plin. To keepe a good sauour long. Homines venis, neruis, & osfibus continentur. Cicer. Men are compart and made of veynes, sinewes and bones. Belluas immanes septis continere. Cicer. To keepe in wilde beastes in parkes. Continere canes catenis per diem. Colum. To keepe dogges tied vp in chaynes in the day time. Continere ciuitatem in officio. Cæsar. To keepe citizens in obedtence. Equos frænis continere. Sen. To stay or rule the horse with the bridle. Continere exercitum vel equitatum castris. Cæsar. To stay or keepe the armie within the campe. Continere oppida metu. Liu. Continere sues silentio. Liu. Continere ciues eadem æquitate. Cic. Indifferently to rule. Aluum continere. Plin. To stop or stay the laske. Animam. Cic. To held his breath. Regere ac continere appetitiones animi. Cic. To rule and refraine. Audita. Ter. Not to vtter that one hath heard. Corpus profluuio laborans continere. Cels. To stay a body hauing a fluxe. Dicta in aliquem continere. Cic. To stay himselfe from speaking against. Dolorem continere. Cic. To brydle his sorrow. Tacitum doloré. Liu. To conceale his sorow: not to vtter it. Tacitum continere gaudium non poterat. Liu. He could not conceale: he conld not choose but vtter his gladnesse. Gradum. Virg. To stay: to ahyde: to stande still. Impetum militum. Liu. To stay the siercenesse of. Iracundiam. Brutus. To refrayne and brydle his anger. Lachrymas. Plaut. To forbeare weeping. Linguam. Cic. To refrayne to speake: to brydle the tongue. Manus. Terent. Not to strike. Manus continere ab aliquo. Ouid. Not to strike one. Continere manus alicuius ab aliquo, Cic. To holde or keepe one that he strike not a man. Odium in aliquem conceptum iamdiu continere. Cic. To conceale. Risum. Plaur. To for beare langhing. Necpriuata domus parietibus continere vocem coniurationis tuæ potest. Cic. The walles can not keepe secrete. Vocem non continere. Plin. Not to refrayne speaking. In ieiunio continere aliquem. Cels. To keepe fasting. Continere se. Plaut. Me nequeo continere quin loquar. I cannot refrayne or forbeare to speake. Vix me contineo quin. &c. Terene. I can seant refraine, but that, &c. Malè se conrinere. Ouid. With great paine to forbeare. Contineo me ab exemplis Græcis. Cic. I do not alledge any Greeke exampies. Continere se ab assentiendo. Cic. To stay his assent. Continere se supplicio, & reprimere. Cic. Continere se in aliqua libidine, & in alia se effundere. Cic. To stay or bridle himselfe in one, &c. Continere sese in occulto. Cæs. Not to come abroad: to keepe himselfe secrete. Continere se finibus rerum suarum. Cicer. To be content with that be hath of his owne. Si suis iuris finibus matronas cõtineret pudor. Li. If shame. fastnesse, or modestie could keepe them, within the hounds of that they hade to doe. Continere se domi aut ruri. Plau. To keepe himself at home. Continere se tectis. Plin. Not to come abroade.

I. Lit. (rare and mostly poet.): arcum, Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31: tenacia vincla, Verg. G. 4, 412: ilia risu, Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.): oculi contendunt se, Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings: ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

B. Meton.

1. (Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw: infensam hastam, Verg. A. 10, 521: tela, id. ib. 12, 815: sagittas nervo, Sil. 1, 323: telum aërias in auras, Verg. A. 5, 520. —

2. Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend: haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem, Calp. Ecl. 7, 30: Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit, Plin. 6, 8, 8, 24.—

II. Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

A. In gen.

1. Act.

(a). With acc.: magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.: contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc., id. Fat. 10, 21: summas vires de palmā, Lucr. 4, 990: animum in curas, Ov. P. 1, 5, 11: quo se dira libido, Lucr. 4, 1043: tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.: id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc., id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

(b). With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to: hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit, Caes. B. G. 5, 21: summā vi transcendere in hostium naves, id. ib. 3, 15: fugā salutem petere, id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125: neque ego nunc hoc contendo ... mutare animum, sed, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 38.—

2. Neutr.: quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere ... tantum fac ut efficias, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut: quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat, Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so, remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.: contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, 42.—Absol.: vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem, Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.: non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare), to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

B. In partic.,

1. To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

a. Act.

(a). With acc. (very rare): rectā plateā cursum suum, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58: nocte unā tantum itineris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

(b). With inf. (freq.): Bibracte ire, Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so, ire cum his legionibus, id. ib. 1, 10: in Britanniam proficisci, id. ib. 4, 20: in provinciam reverti, id. ib. 3, 6 fin.: Dyrrhachium petere, Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.: proxima litora petere cursu, Verg. A. 1, 158; and: iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere, Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

b. Neutr. (so most freq.): in Italiam magnis itineribus, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.: huc magnis itineribus, id. ib. 1, 38 fin.: huc magno cursu, id. ib. 3, 19: inde in Italiam, id. ib. 1, 33: in fines Sigambrorum, id. ib. 4, 18: in castra, id. ib. 4, 37: ex eo loco ad flumen, id. ib. 2, 9: ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum, id. ib. 1, 27 fin.: ad oppidum Noviodunum, id. ib. 2, 12: ad castra, id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.: ad hostes, id. ib. 5, 9: ad Amanum, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19: Lacedaemonem, Nep. Cim. 3, 3: domum, Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.: ad ultimum animo, Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.: magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere, id. Off. 2, 13, 44: ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32: ad salutem, Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin.—

2. (Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

(a). Cum aliquo: neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36: cum Sequanis bello, id. ib. 7, 67 fin.: cum eo armis, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, Sall. C. 53, 3: cum barbaro, Nep. Con. 4, 3: cum victore, Hor. S. 1, 9, 42: mecum ingenio et arte, Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.: cum eo de principatu, Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.: divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis, Sall. J. 4, 7: humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.: tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere? Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

(b). Contra aliquem: contra populum Romanum armis, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66: contra vim gravitatemque morbi, id. Phil. 9, 7, 15: nihil contra naturam universam, id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

(g). Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

(d). With dat. (poet.): hirundo cycnis, Lucr. 3, 6: Homero, Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7: Pindaricis plectris, Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—(e) Inter se: hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3: viribus inter se, Lucr. 3, 784.—Impers.: interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—(z) Absol.: proelio, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.; 3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo, id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5: translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit, Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.—Impers.: summo jure contenditur, Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: de his lite contenditur, Quint. 3, 4, 8: de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur, id. 10, 5, 13.—

b. In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit; illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, 99.—

3. (Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

(a). With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1: id cum defensione nostrā, Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93: rationem meam cum tuā ratione, id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

(b). With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

(g). With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30: vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

(d). With acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29: ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25: leges, id. Inv. 2, 49, 145: suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes, Tac. A. 12, 1: vetera et praesentia, id. ib. 13, 3.—

4. (Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain: cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem, Cic. Quint. 24, 77: verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem, id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so, ab aliquo, id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.: a magistris de proferendo die, id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, 15: ne quid contra aequitatem, id. Off. 2, 20, 71: omni opere, ut, etc., Suet. Dom. 2: magno opere, ne, etc., id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3: pertinaciter, id. Caes. 1.—

5. (Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

(a). With acc. and inf.: sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum, Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15: apud eos contendit falsa esse delata, Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1: illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos ... scientes fuisse, Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

(b). Absol. (very rare): si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit, Cels. 1, praef. 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

A. Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight: qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat, Hor. S. 2, 7, 20: acies oculorum, Lucr. 1, 325; cf.: contentis oculis prosequi aliquem, Suet. Tib. 7: contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa), Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.: contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves), Verg. G. 3, 536: Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia, with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

B. Trop., eager, intent: contenta mens fuit in eā ratione, Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515: et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter, Cic. Or. 17, 56: ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus, id. Sest. 6, 13.—Sup.: contentissimā voce clamitans, App. M. 4, p. 147.—Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently: pro se dicere ... mittere contentius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.: acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare, Gell. 18, 1, 2: contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97: ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius, id. de Or. 3, 55, 212: aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare, Gell. 3, 3, 1.

I. Act., to hold or keep together.

A. In gen. (rare).

1. 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.—

b. 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.—

2. 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.,

B. With partic. access. ideas.

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

a. 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.—

b. 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.—

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

a. Lit.: milites 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.—

b. 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.—

3. 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.,

b. 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.—

II. 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,

1. contĭnens, entis, P. a.

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

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

a. 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 Cilici 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.—

b. 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.—

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

a. 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.—

b. 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.—

B. (Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, e)gkrath/s (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.—

C. (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.

1. (Acc. to A. 2.)

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

b. 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.—

2. (Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare): vivere, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.: vivere, Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

2. 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.

(a). 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.—

(b). Absol.: cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres, Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

(g). 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.