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(adjective) : contĭnŭus, a, um, contineo, II.
* Joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.
* Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.
* Lit.: aër continuus terrae est,Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 1: Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni; nunc freta circuëunt,joined to the mainland,Ov. M. 15, 289: ignis proxima quaeque et deinceps continua amplexus,Liv. 30, 5, 7; 30, 6, 5: montes, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189: agri,Suet. Caes. 38: fluere continuo alveo (Euphraten),Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; cf.: Rhenus uno alveo continuus,Tac. A. 2, 6: mare,id. Agr. 10 fin.: aliqui vice dentium continuo osse gignuntur,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69: omnia continua et paria,Plin. Pan. 51, 4: serpens,Stat. Th. 5, 517.
* Of time and objects relating to it, following one after another, successive, continuous (class. in all periods and species of composition): auferet ex oculis veniens Aurora Boöten; continuāque die sidus Hyantis erit,the next day,Ov. F. 5, 734; so, continuā nocte,the following night,id. ib. 6, 720: triduum continuum, dies decem continuos,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146 sq.: dies quinque ex eo die,Caes. B. G. 1, 48: annos prope quinquaginta,Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38: duabus noctibus,Suet. Aug. 94: secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempestates,Caes. B. G. 4, 34 Oud. N. cr. prioribus diebus, Liv. 42, 58, 3: aliquot an nos continuos,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54: tot dies,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94: triennium,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 7: biennio,id. Tib. 38: bella,Liv. 10, 31, 10; cf.: cursus proeliorum,Tac. Agr. 27: consulatus,Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 58: itinera, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1: regna,Liv. 1, 47, 6: duo tri umphi ex Hispaniā acti,id. 41, 7, 1: labor,Quint. 1, 3, 8: amor,Prop. 1, 20, 1: incom moda,Caes. B. G. 7, 14: messe senescit ager; Ov. A. A. 3, 82: eos (patricios) ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse,Tac. A. 12, 25 fin. et saep.—With abl. resp.: continuus inde et saevus accusandis reis Suilius,incessant,Tac. A. 11, 5; cf.: postulandis reis tam continuus annus fuit,incessantly occupied,id. ib. 4, 36.—Hence the advv.
* Tron., of rhet. matters (most freq. in Quint.): cum fluxerunt plures continuae translationes (the figure derived from an uninterrupted, flowing stream; v.the preced.), Cic. Or. 27, 94: expositio (opp. partita),Quint. 7, 10, 11: loci,id. 11, 3, 84: lumina,id. 12, 10, 46: ab exordio usque ad ultimam vocem continuus quidam gemitus,id. 11, 1, 54: oratio,id. 6, 1, 46; 6, 4, 1 et saep.: adfectus,id. 6, 2, 10: impetus,id. 10 7, 14 et saep.
* Contĭ-nŭē, continuously, without interruption; in space or time (very rare, perh. only anteand post-class. for continenter, assidue): * flumen quod fluit continue,Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.: protinus jugiter et continue,Non. p. 376, 26.
* Contĭnŭō.
* To designate an act that in time immediately follows something, immediately, forthwith, directly, without delay, = statim, αὐτίκα (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
* In gen.
* In Quint. twice (for the ante- and post-class. continue), in an uninterrupted series, one after another, continuously: qualis (labor) fuit illius, qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa, in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserebat,Quint. 2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11.
* Of a point of time closely following a time named, speedily, without interval: deinde absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor,Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1: qui summam spem civium, quam de eo jam puero habuerant, continuo adulescens incredibili virtute superavit,id. Lael. 3, 11.
* Esp., with the statement of a logical consequence from a fact; only in connection with a negative, or a question implying a negative, not by consequence, not necessarily, not as an immediate consequence, in questions; perhaps then? perhaps therefore? (very freq. in Cic.); with si: non continuo, si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sum sicarius,Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94; so id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Gai Inst. 2, 204.—With cum, Manil. 2, 345. —Absol.: cum nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; so, ego summum dolorem ... non continuo dico esse brevem,id. ib. 2, 19, 45: aeque enim contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontentae sint; illud non continuo, ut aeque incontentae,id. Fin. 4, 27, 75: si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono?id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40; so, continuone si? etc.,Quint. 9, 2, 84.
* Joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.
* Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.
* Lit.: aër continuus terrae est,Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 1: Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni; nunc freta circuëunt,joined to the mainland,Ov. M. 15, 289: ignis proxima quaeque et deinceps continua amplexus,Liv. 30, 5, 7; 30, 6, 5: montes, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189: agri,Suet. Caes. 38: fluere continuo alveo (Euphraten),Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; cf.: Rhenus uno alveo continuus,Tac. A. 2, 6: mare,id. Agr. 10 fin.: aliqui vice dentium continuo osse gignuntur,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69: omnia continua et paria,Plin. Pan. 51, 4: serpens,Stat. Th. 5, 517.
* Of time and objects relating to it, following one after another, successive, continuous (class. in all periods and species of composition): auferet ex oculis veniens Aurora Boöten; continuāque die sidus Hyantis erit,the next day,Ov. F. 5, 734; so, continuā nocte,the following night,id. ib. 6, 720: triduum continuum, dies decem continuos,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146 sq.: dies quinque ex eo die,Caes. B. G. 1, 48: annos prope quinquaginta,Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38: duabus noctibus,Suet. Aug. 94: secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempestates,Caes. B. G. 4, 34 Oud. N. cr. prioribus diebus, Liv. 42, 58, 3: aliquot an nos continuos,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54: tot dies,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94: triennium,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 7: biennio,id. Tib. 38: bella,Liv. 10, 31, 10; cf.: cursus proeliorum,Tac. Agr. 27: consulatus,Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 58: itinera, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1: regna,Liv. 1, 47, 6: duo tri umphi ex Hispaniā acti,id. 41, 7, 1: labor,Quint. 1, 3, 8: amor,Prop. 1, 20, 1: incom moda,Caes. B. G. 7, 14: messe senescit ager; Ov. A. A. 3, 82: eos (patricios) ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse,Tac. A. 12, 25 fin. et saep.—With abl. resp.: continuus inde et saevus accusandis reis Suilius,incessant,Tac. A. 11, 5; cf.: postulandis reis tam continuus annus fuit,incessantly occupied,id. ib. 4, 36.—Hence the advv.
* Tron., of rhet. matters (most freq. in Quint.): cum fluxerunt plures continuae translationes (the figure derived from an uninterrupted, flowing stream; v.the preced.), Cic. Or. 27, 94: expositio (opp. partita),Quint. 7, 10, 11: loci,id. 11, 3, 84: lumina,id. 12, 10, 46: ab exordio usque ad ultimam vocem continuus quidam gemitus,id. 11, 1, 54: oratio,id. 6, 1, 46; 6, 4, 1 et saep.: adfectus,id. 6, 2, 10: impetus,id. 10 7, 14 et saep.
* Contĭ-nŭē, continuously, without interruption; in space or time (very rare, perh. only anteand post-class. for continenter, assidue): * flumen quod fluit continue,Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.: protinus jugiter et continue,Non. p. 376, 26.
* Contĭnŭō.
* To designate an act that in time immediately follows something, immediately, forthwith, directly, without delay, = statim, αὐτίκα (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
* In gen.
* In Quint. twice (for the ante- and post-class. continue), in an uninterrupted series, one after another, continuously: qualis (labor) fuit illius, qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa, in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserebat,Quint. 2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11.
* Of a point of time closely following a time named, speedily, without interval: deinde absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor,Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1: qui summam spem civium, quam de eo jam puero habuerant, continuo adulescens incredibili virtute superavit,id. Lael. 3, 11.
* Esp., with the statement of a logical consequence from a fact; only in connection with a negative, or a question implying a negative, not by consequence, not necessarily, not as an immediate consequence, in questions; perhaps then? perhaps therefore? (very freq. in Cic.); with si: non continuo, si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sum sicarius,Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94; so id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Gai Inst. 2, 204.—With cum, Manil. 2, 345. —Absol.: cum nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; so, ego summum dolorem ... non continuo dico esse brevem,id. ib. 2, 19, 45: aeque enim contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontentae sint; illud non continuo, ut aeque incontentae,id. Fin. 4, 27, 75: si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono?id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40; so, continuone si? etc.,Quint. 9, 2, 84.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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