confine
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
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.
Limit: P. and V. ὁρίζειν.
They were confined to their ships: P. ταῖς ναυσὶ κατεκλῄθησαν (Thuc. 1. 117).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfīnĕ, is, n.,
1 partie qui avoisine, voisinage : Luc. 6, 649 ; Val. Flacc. 6, 374
2 = homœoteleuton : Carm. fig. 100.
