confinium
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
confīnĭum: ii, n. confinis,
I a confine, common boundary, limit, border (of lands; on the contr., vicinitas, of houses, Dig. 10, 1, 4; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once; not in Quint.).
I Prop.
(a) Sing.: in confinio consitus ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; id. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 5, 24; Liv. 33, 3, 8; 37, 23, 1; Tac. H. 4, 72; id. G. 3 al.: ad confinium, Plin. 6, 9, 10, § 27: per confinium, id. 6, 9, 10, § 28: ex confinis, id. 12, 20, 44, § 98: ad usque confinium cervicis, App. M. 4, p. 149, 11.—
(b) Plur.: vicinitatibus et confiniis, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64.— More freq. in nom. and acc. confinia, Ov. M. 12, 40; 14, 7 al.; Luc. 3, 275 et saep.—
II Trop., neighborhood, nearness, close connection.
(a) Sing.: in quam arto salutis exitiique fuerimus confinio, Vell. 2, 124, 2; so, boni malique, Col. 3, 5, 2: breve artis et falsi, Tac. A. 4, 58: nullum vitiorum (et virtutum), Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—
(b) Plur., confines, boundaries: confinia lucis, noctis, Ov. M. 7, 706; 4, 401; 13, 592; id. F. 5, 187; Tib. 4, 1, 70: virtutum, Gell. 1, 2, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfīnĭum,¹² ĭī, n. (confinis),
1 limite commune à des champs, à des territoires : arbores in confinio natæ Varro L. 5, 10, arbres qui ont poussé sur la limite, cf. Cæs. G. 5, 24
2 proximité, voisinage : confinium patuit artis et falsi Tac. Ann. 4, 58, on vit que la science et l’erreur sont limitrophes ; in exitii confinio esse Vell. 2, 124, être à deux doigts de sa perte
