confine
From LSJ
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
check: P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν, Ar. and V. ἴσχειν (rare P.), V. ἐπίσχειν (rare P.), ἐρύκειν; see check.
shut in: P. and V. εἴργειν, κατείργειν, ἐγκλῄειν, V. συνείργειν, Ar. and P. κατακλῄειν.
they were confined to their ships: P. ταῖς ναυσὶ κατεκλῄθησαν (Thuc. 1. 117).
Latin > English
confine confinis N N :: boundary, border, border-line; confine, neighborhood (L+S)
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfīnĕ, is, n.,
1 partie qui avoisine, voisinage : Luc. 6, 649 ; Val. Flacc. 6, 374
2 = homœoteleuton : Carm. fig. 100.
