adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
cōnfīnis
cōnfīnis (neuter cōnfīne)
Classical[kõːˈfiː.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfiː.nis]
Meaning
- two terminationbordering on, adjoining, contiguous
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīnitimus, vīcīnuscōnfīnis -e — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 13
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vicinus · Finitimus · Confinis
Vicini (οἰκεῖοι) are neighbors, in reference to house and yard; whereas finitimi and confines, with reference to the boundaries of the land; finitimi, in a one-sided relationship, as the neighbors of others, who dwell near their boundaries, in a mere geographical sense; confines, in a mutual relationship, as opposite neighbors, who have boundaries in common, with the moral accessory notion of friendship associated with neighborhood. The finitimi are finibus diremti; whereas the confines are confinio conjuncti. (v. 181.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnfīnis | cōnfīnis | cōnfīne |
| genitive | cōnfīnis | cōnfīnis | cōnfīnis |
| dative | cōnfīnī | cōnfīnī | cōnfīnī |
| accusative | cōnfīnem | cōnfīnem | cōnfīne |
| ablative | cōnfīnī | cōnfīnī | cōnfīnī |
| vocative | cōnfīnis | cōnfīnis | cōnfīne |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnia |
| genitive | cōnfīnium | cōnfīnium | cōnfīnium |
| dative | cōnfīnibus | cōnfīnibus | cōnfīnibus |
| accusative | cōnfīnīs cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnīs cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnia |
| ablative | cōnfīnibus | cōnfīnibus | cōnfīnibus |
| vocative | cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnēs | cōnfīnia |
con-fīnis (access. form confīnĭus, a, um, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K.; Schol. Juv. 14, 151; Front. Pol. p. 144 Goes.), e,
I. adj., bordering one upon another, bordering on, adjoining, contiguous (class. in prose and poetry, but not in Cic.).
I. Prop.
(a). Absol.:
fundi, Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; Dig. 10, 1, 4, § 8: in confinem agrum, Liv. 4, 49, 4: templa, Ov. A. A. 1, 87.—(b). With dat.: confines erant hi Senonibus, * Caes. B. G. 6, 3:
regio confinis Illyrico, Liv. 45, 29, 9: uti quisque potentiori confinis erat, Sall. J. 41, 8: gens confinis Cappadociae, Nep. Dat. 4, 1; Curt. 6, 5, 11: Mauri Atlanti, Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91: caput collo, Ov. M. 1, 718: litora prato, id. ib. 13, 924: fons fundo, Dig. 8, 3, 20, § 2.—B. Subst.
2. confīne, is, n., that which borders upon, a boundary, border, confine, neighborhood:
mundi labentis, Luc. 6, 649: papillae, Val. Fl. 6, 374.—II. Trop., nearly related, nearly like, similar (mostly postAug.;
esp. freq. in Quint.): pervenire ad confinium genus ejus generis (orationis), Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16 B. and K. (al. confine).— With dat.: confinia carmina studio vestro, Ov. P. 2, 5, 71: vitia virtutibus, Sen. Ep. 120, 8: confinia sunt his celebrata apud Graecos schemata, Quint. 9, 2, 92; so id. 5, 11, 21; 6, 3, 88 al.; Symm. Ep. 10, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōn-fīnis e, adj.,
bordering, conterminous, adjoining, contiguous: ager, L.: hi Senonibus, Cs.: potentiori, S.: caput collo, O.: litora prato, O.— Fig., nearly related, like, similar: carmina studio vestro, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōnfīnis
Latin fīnis Latin cōnfīnis From con- + fīnis.
Descendants
- Catalanconfí
- Englishconfine
- Frenchconfins
- Italianconfine
- Portugueseconfim
- Spanishconfín
- Albaniankufi
- Friulianconfin
- Galicianconfín
- Istriotconfeîn