contain Copy link Outline I. To hold, as a vessel1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 32. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2. the line c.s a hundred feet, linea centum c. pedes, Quint.3. hăbeo, 24. insum, fui, esse (inverting the sentence)5. comprĕhendo, di, sum, 3II. To hold in check1. contĭneo, 2 (esp. in pass. or with pron. refl.)2. rĕtĭneo, tempĕro (esp. with pron. ref. in dat.) • contain: I. To hold, as a vessel: 1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: what a crowd there is! our house will scarce c. it, quid turbae est! aedes nostrae vix capient, Ter.: Cic.: Hor.: v. to hold. Hence, capable of c.ing, căpax (with gen.): a circus capable of c.ing a people, circus capax populi, Ov.: Cic.: v. foll. art. 2. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2. the line c.s a hundred feet, linea centum c. pedes, Quint.: all things which are nourished and grow, c. in themselves the force of heat, omnia quae aluntur et crescunt c. in se vim caloris, Cic. 3. hăbeo, 2: Tartarus c.s the son of Panthus, Tartara h. Panthoiden, Hor.: what did that book c. which could be useful to you? quid tandem habuit liber iste, quod tibi usui esse posset? Cic. 4. insum, fui, esse (inverting the sentence): my purse c.'d 800 aurei, numi octingenti aurei in marsupio infuerunt, Pl.: the island of Crete c.s a hundred cities, *insunt in Creta insula urbes centum. 5. comprĕhendo, di, sum, 3: its circuit c.s two and thirty stades, circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia c., Curt.: v. to include, comprise. II. To hold in check: 1. contĭneo, 2 (esp. in pass. or with pron. refl.): I can hardly c. myself, vix contineor, vix me contineo: usu. foll. by quin: Ter.: Cic. 2. rĕtĭneo, tempĕro (esp. with pron. ref. in dat.): v. to refrain, forbear. Adj.: unable to c. (or control) oneself, impŏtens: Cic.