continens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of contineō (“to hold together, contain”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.ti.nens] === Adjective === continēns (genitive continentis, superlative continentissimus, adverb continenter); third-declension one-termination adjective limiting, enclosing bordering, neighboring connected, continuous, unbroken continual, uninterrupted (of temperament) moderate, temperate ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== incontinēns ==== Related terms ==== continenter contineō continuus === Noun === continēns f (genitive continentis); third declension continent mainland (figuratively, rhetoric) The primary point. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Participle === continēns (genitive continentis); third-declension one-termination participle holding together, containing (places) enclosing, bounding, limiting ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “continens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “continens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "continens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “continens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.