continens Latin · revision 31369

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *tn-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɔn.tɪ.nẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔn.ti.nens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''continēns''' (genitive continentis, comparative continentior, superlative continentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[m|la|contineō|t=to hold together, contain]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is from [[m|la|con-|t=together]] and [[m|la|teneō|t=to hold]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*t(e)nē-]] and [[ine-pro|*tn-eh₁-|t=to hold]], a stative of the root “to stretch”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|tenitu|t=let him hold]] and [[sa|तनोति|tr=tanóti|t=stretches]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' has continuous speaking at the end of a speech, and Sisenna events set down in a continuous account;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is unbroken or continuous in space, as Hirtius' continuous flame that covered the forces, in time, and in sequence;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''in continentī'' and ''ex continentī'' are “at once, without delay”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is adjacent or next, as Cicero's neighbouring lands, next in time, as Caesar's following days, and closely linked, as a cause.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of land it is forming a continuous mass, and as a feminine noun the mainland, as in Varro; inscriptions also use it of buildings joined to a town outside its walls.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) As a neuter noun it is in rhetoric the essential point, rendering Greek [[m|grc|τὸ συνέχον|tr=tò sunékhon]], and a component part, as Varro's ear of grain with its grain, husk and awn.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Of temper it is moderate or self-restrained.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) In Christian and Medieval Latin it is chaste, and as a noun an ascetic.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''continent'' in the late 14th century meant “self-restraining, temperate”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna of a continuous account.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the mainland.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of neighbouring lands and the essential point.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the following days.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|continent]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|continuous|alt=Continuous]], unbroken (in space, time, sequence);^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''in continentī'', at once.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # Adjacent, neighbouring; immediately following; closely linked.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Forming the mainland.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Moderate, [[m|en|temperate]], self-restrained;^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|chaste]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(feminine)'' The [[m|en|mainland]], a continent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(neuter, rhetoric)'' The essential point; a component part.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, masculine)'' An [[m|en|ascetic]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incontinēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[continenter]]

+ * [[contineō]]

+ * [[continuus]]

+ * [[continentia]]

+ * [[teneō]]

+ * [[en|continent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}