• CONFINE

1. adj. finitimus. confinis (having a common border or confines): propinquus (general term, near, all with dative): conjunctus alicui loco: continens alicui loco or cum aliquo loco (to be adjacent).

2. INTR., to border upon; finitimum, vicinum, confinem alicui esse (especially of nations who dwell on the confines): adjacere, imminere alicui terrae; tangere, attingere, contingere terram (especially of lands that border upon one another).

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• TR. to limit by boundaries, finire: definire (to mark the limits or boundaries): terminare: determinare: terminationibus finire (to determine the limits beyond which one ought not to pass; not to transgress): includere (to shut in or enclose; e.g., of one district inclosing another, and so forming its boundaries): cancellis circumscribere (IMPROP., to confine): to be confined by, finiri aliqua re (to be bordered; e.g., by a promontory): attingi, contingi aliqua, re (to be bordered by, or to be contiguous; e.g., of a land): contineri aliqua, re (to be surrounded; e.g., by a river): impediri aliqua re (to be obstructed by anything; e.g., the view by a mountain).
• To imprison, to lock up, aliquem in custodiam includere: includere: concludere: in custodiam (or in vincula) mittere, tradere, condere, conjicere; in custodiam (or in carcerem) dare, includere; custodiae or vinculis mandare; in carcerem conjicere, detrudere; in ergastulum mittere: to confine for life, vinculis aeternis mandare: to be confined in prison, in custodia esse or servari; custodia teneri; in carcere or in vinculis esse.
• To restrain, terminis or cancellis circumscribere: finire: definire: terminis circumscribere et definire: also circumscribere only (to surround with boundaries, as it were): finire: definire (to keep between certain boundaries): coercere (to keep within proper limits, to curb or bridle): to confine a thing within its proper limits, aliquid intra terminos coercere: to confine one’s empire within its ancient limits, antiquis terminis regnum finire: to be confined within their own narrow limits, suis finibus exiguis contineri: to confine a thing within a narrow sphere, in exiguum angustumque concludere (e.g., friendship, Cic., Off., 1, 17, 53, Beier): to confine the view, definire aspectum (Cic.): to confine the orator within narrow limits, oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellere (Cic., De Or., 3, 19, 70): to confine one’s speech, orationem finire or in angustias compellere (opposed to oratio exsultare potest): to be confined for time, temporis angustiis includi: to confine one’s self, certos fines terminosque constituere sibi, extra quos egredi non possis: to confine one’s self to anything, se continere re or in re (of things and persons): to be confined, certarum rerum cancellis circumscriptum esse. [Vid: RESTRAIN.] To be confined to one’s bed, lecto detineri or teneri: lecto affixum esse, e lecto surgere nequeo (from illness) :
• To be confined (i. e., in child-bed), puerperio cubare.