contiguus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

contĭgŭus: a, um, adj. contingo (not ante-Aug.).
I Act. (lit. touching; hence), bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, near; absol. or with dat.: (Pyramus et Thisbe) contiguas tenuere domos, Ov. M. 4, 57: Cappadoces, Tac. A. 2, 60: luna montibus (opp. admota caelo), Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 43: perit Valens quinquagesimo anno contiguus, Amm. 31, 14, 1: tibi, Ov. A. A. 3, 410.— *
II Pass., that may be touched, within reach: hunc ubi contiguum missae fore credidit hastae, Verg. A. 10, 457 (intra jactum teli, Serv.).—* Adv.: contĭgŭē (acc. to I.), closely: sequi aliquem, upon his heels, Mart. Cap. 9, § 909.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

contĭgŭus,¹⁴ a, um (contingo),
1 qui touche, qui atteint : Gell. 9, 1, 2
2 qui touche, contigu (alicui rei, à qqch) : Tac. Ann. 6, 45 ; 15, 38
3 à portée de [dat.] : Virg. En. 10, 457.