continuo Latin · revision 4094

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la teneō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈtɪ.nu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈtiː.nu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''continuō''' (present infinitive continuāre, perfect active continuāvī, supine continuātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|continuus|-ō|t1=continuous]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) ''Continuus'' is from [[contineo|alt=contineō]] “to hold together”, from [[con-]] and [[teneo|alt=teneō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in his speeches on the agrarian law, has estates of ten acres joined together, and Sallust has men who join two or more houses.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make continuous in space, to join or connect, as Tacitus' house linking the Palatine with the gardens of Maecenas, and in time, to join in unbroken succession, as Cicero's continuous grief.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant to place side by side, to extend or prolong, as land extended far and wide, and to keep on with a course of action, as Caesar's work carried on day and night.^(OLD 2012) Intransitively it meant to continue or persist.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Medieval Latin used it of carrying on and propagating something without a break.^(MLW) It lives on in [[fr|continuer]], [[it|continuare]] and [[es|continuar]].^(Wiktionary) English ''continue'' came from Old French and directly from Latin in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of joining estates and of continuous grief.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of joining houses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of work kept up day and night.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''continue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To join together, [[m|en|connect]], make continuous in space.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make continuous in time, join in unbroken succession.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To place together or side by side.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To extend, [[m|en|prolong]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep on with, ''(intransitive)'' to [[m|en|continue]], persist.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[continuatim]]

+ * [[continuātiō]]

+ * [[continuatiuus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[continuus]]

+ * [[en|continue]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate word ''continuō'' is the adverb “immediately, forthwith”, formed from ''continuus'' and used from Plautus on.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}