continor

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. In Lewis & Short explained as a mediopassive use of continuō in the sense of "making oneself continuous to". In the Thesauro Linguae Latinae a relation to contiō and conventiō is suggested; Rönsch connected it with contus,[1] inferring the basic sense "I hit (with a pole)".

Pronunciation

Verb

continor (present infinitive continārī); first conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to encounter
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 1.24:
      inde mē commodum ēgredientem continātur Pȳthias.
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, The Golden Ass 6.18:
      jamque confectā bonā parte mortiferae viae contināberis claudum asinum lignōrum gerulum cum agāsōne similī.
    • 4th century CE, Symmachus, Epistulae 1.53.2:
      nisi forte in silvīs Apollinem contināris, ut ille pāstor Hēsiodus, quem poētica laurū Camēnālis familia corōnāvit.

Declension

   Conjugation of continor (first conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present continor contināris,
contināre 		continātur contināmur contināminī continantur
imperfect continābar continābāris,
continābāre 		continābātur continābāmur continābāminī continābantur
future continābor contināberis,
continābere 		continābitur continābimur continābiminī continābuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present continer continēris,
continēre 		continētur continēmur continēminī continentur
imperfect continārer continārēris,
continārēre 		continārētur continārēmur continārēminī continārentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — contināre — — contināminī —
future — continātor continātor — — continantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives continārī — — — — —
participles contināns — — — — continandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
continandī continandō continandum continandō — —

References

  • continor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “continuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • continor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “continor” in volume 4, column 720, line 64 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
  1. ^ Hermann Rönsch (1891): Collectanea philologica. Bremen: Heinsius, p. 237.
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