LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

continēns1

continēns f (genitive continentis)
Classical[ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔn.ti.nens]

Meaning

  1. continent
  2. mainland
  3. figurativelyrhetoricThe primary point.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecontinēnscontinentēs
genitivecontinentiscontinentum
dativecontinentīcontinentibus
accusativecontinentemcontinentēs
ablativecontinentecontinentibus
vocativecontinēnscontinentēs

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

continēns ntis, f
1 continens; sc. terra, a mainland, continent: in continentem legatis missis, Cs.: ex continenti, Cs.: in continente, Cs.: continentis regio, L. — Fig., in rhet., the chief point: continentia causarum.

Origins

Present active participle of contineō (“to hold together, contain”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalancontinent
  • Englishcontinent
  • Frenchcontinent
  • Romaniancontinentfrom French continent
  • GermanKontinent
  • Italiancontinente
  • Occitancontinent
  • Portuguesecontinente
  • Spanishcontinente
  • Afrikaanskontinent
Serbo-Croatian
  • Cyrillic scriptконтинент
  • Latin scriptkontinent
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
continēns2
continēns (genitive continentis, superlative continentissimus, adverb continenter)
Classical[ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔn.ti.nens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationlimiting, enclosing
  2. one terminationbordering, neighboring
  3. one terminationconnected, continuous, unbroken
  4. one terminationcontinual, uninterrupted
  5. one terminationmoderate, temperate

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontinēnscontinēnscontinēns
genitivecontinentiscontinentiscontinentis
dativecontinentīcontinentīcontinentī
accusativecontinentemcontinentemcontinēns
ablativecontinentī
continente		continentī
continente		continentī
continente
vocativecontinēnscontinēnscontinēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontinentēscontinentēscontinentia
genitivecontinentiumcontinentiumcontinentium
dativecontinentibuscontinentibuscontinentibus
accusativecontinentīs
continentēs		continentīs
continentēs		continentia
ablativecontinentibuscontinentibuscontinentibus
vocativecontinentēscontinentēscontinentia

contĭnens, entis, v. contineo, P. a., 1.

Origins

Present active participle of contineō (“to hold together, contain”).

Quick answers

What does continēns mean in Latin?
continēns, a noun, means “continent; mainland; The primary point.”.
What is the genitive of continēns?
The genitive singular is continentis. continēns is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce continēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔn.ti.nens].