confine (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. confīnium2. fīnis, is, m. • confine (subs.): 1. confīnium: in the c.s of Germany, in confinio Germaniae, Tac.: Aurora possesses the c.s of day and night, Aurora tenet confinia lucis et noctis, Ov. 2. fīnis, is, m.: v. boundary. Phr.: on the c.s of, contermĭnus, confīnis, fīnĭtĭmus, vīcīnus: v. conterminous, adjacent.