continens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of contineō (“I hold together, contain”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.nens/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪ɪnẽːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ti.nens/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪inens]

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.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	continēns		continentēs	continentia
Genitive	continentis		continentium
Dative	continentī		continentibus
Accusative	continentem	continēns	continentēs	continentia
Ablative	continentī		continentibus
Vocative	continēns		continentēs	continentia

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	continēns	continentēs
Genitive	continentis	continentum
Dative	continentī	continentibus
Accusative	continentem	continentēs
Ablative	continente	continentibus
Vocative	continēns	continentēs

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: kontinent
→ Albanian: kontinent
→ Asturian: continente
→ Belarusian: кантынент (kantynjent)
→ Bulgarian: континент (kontinent)
→ Catalan: continent
→ Crimean Tatar: kontinent
→ Czech: kontinent
→ Danish: kontinent
→ Dutch: continent
→ English: continent
→ Estonian: kontinent
→ French: continent
- Antillean Creole: kontinan
- Haitian Creole: kontinan
- → Romanian: continent
→ Galician: continente
→ Georgian: კონტინენტი (ḳonṭinenṭi)
→ German: Kontinent
→ Hungarian: kontinens
→ Italian: continente
→ Kyrgyz: континент (kontinent)
→ Latvian: kontinents
→ Lithuanian: kontinentas
→ Lower Sorbian: kontinent
→ Macedonian: континент (kontinent)
→ Maltese: kontinent
→ Mirandese: cuntinente
→ Norman: continnent
→ Norwegian: kontinent
→ Occitan: continent
→ Polish: kontynent
→ Portuguese: continente
→ Russian: континент (kontinent), контине́нтъ (kontinént)
- → Bezhta: кантинент (kantinent)
→ Rusyn: контінент (kontinent)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: континент
Latin: kontinent
→ Slovak: kontinent
→ Slovene: kontinent
→ Spanish: continente
- → Basque: kontinente
- → Tagalog: kontinente
→ Swedish: kontinent
→ Turkmen: kontinent
→ Upper Sorbian: kontinent
→ Ukrainian: континент (kontynent)
→ Uzbek: kontinent
→ Yiddish: קאָנטינענט‎ (kontinent)

Participle

continēns (genitive continentis); third-declension one-termination participle

holding together, containing
(places) enclosing, bounding, limiting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	continēns		continentēs	continentia
Genitive	continentis		continentium
Dative	continentī		continentibus
Accusative	continentem	continēns	continentēs continentīs	continentia
Ablative	continente continentī¹		continentibus
Vocative	continēns		continentēs	continentia

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’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the continent: (terra) continens (B. G. 5. 8. 2)
- to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous: continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)
- to behave with moderation: moderatum, continentem esse