continuatus Latin · revision 36694

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la continuō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''continuātus''' (feminine continuāta, neuter continuātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the perfect passive participle [[der|la|continuō|t=to join together, continue]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and in Cicero,^(OLD 2012) who in the ''Academica'' speaks of the whole of nature as coherent and continuous with all its parts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant unbroken in space or time:^(OLD 2012) Caesar has a march without halts (''continuatum iter''),^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Vitruvius the regions that run on from Cumae to the promontory of Minerva, and Livy a column marching almost unbroken.^(OLD 2012) Celsus uses it in medicine of a continuous fever and of a spreading ulceration.^(OLD 2012) Of words in a series it meant “consecutive”: the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero contrast ornament of single words with ornament of words joined together, and Vitruvius has two consecutive tones.^(OLD 2012)

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+ With the dative it meant “adjoining”: Cicero has the air joined to the sea, and Ovid a house next to the forum of Augustus.^(OLD 2012) Sidonius Apollinaris has the superlative ''continuatissimus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of continuous nature and of words joined in a sentence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a march without halts.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of consecutive tones.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of an unbroken column.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of a continuous fever.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 431–486 AD – Sidonius Apollinaris uses the superlative.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|uninterrupted|alt=Uninterrupted]], unbroken (in space or time); ''(medicine)'' [[m|en|continuous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # [[m|en|consecutive|alt=Consecutive]], following one another in a series.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(with dative)'' [[m|en|adjacent]] to, adjoining.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The neuter is used as a noun by Cicero, ''continuatum'' “what is continuous” against ''interruptum''.^(OLD 2012) A rare noun ''continuātus'', ''-ūs'' “connection” occurs in a commentary on Joel ascribed to Rufinus.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}