bound (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. contĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 22. fīnĭo, 43. dēfīnĭo, 44. termĭno, 15. ambio, 4 (only of a boundary which winds round; as a river, etc.)B. Intrans. • bound (v.): A. Trans.: 1. contĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2: they are b.'d on every side by the nature of their country, undique loci natura continentur, Caes.: the Helvetii are b.'d on one side by the river Rhine, H. una ex parte flumine Rheno continentur, Caes. 2. fīnĭo, 4: the tongue is placed in the mouth, b.'d by the teeth, in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus, Cic.: Ov. 3. dēfīnĭo, 4: olive trees b. the farthest part of the farm, fundi extremam partem oleae d., Cic. 4. termĭno, 1: the sea b.s all lands, mare terras t. omnes, Lucr.: olive trees b.'d the place, locum oleae terminabant, Cic.: to b. glory by the same limits as life, iisdem finibus gloriam quibus vitam t., Cic. 5. ambio, 4 (only of a boundary which winds round; as a river, etc.): on the other sides Germany is b.'d by the Ocean, cetera Oceanus ambit, Tac.: v. to encircle. (To be b.'d in geog. sense may also be expr. by separari, as Germania a Gallis ... Rheno [flumine] separatur, Tac.). B. Intrans.: sălio, exsĭlio, 4: v. to leap, spring.