continent (subs.) Copy link • continent (subs.): contĭnens terra: between Euboea and the c., inter Euboeam c.que terram, Nep.: also without terra: on the c., in continenti, Cic.; Caes. (N.B.--Regio may be used in general sense: Mela uses the word with ref. to the c. of Africa: "cui totius regionis cognomen inditum est, Africa," 1, 4, med.).