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contĭnŭus , a, um, adj. contineo, II.,
I.joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.
I. Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.
A. 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.—
b. Subst.: contĭnŭus , i, m., he who is always about one, an attendant: “Cocceius Nerva, continuus principis,Tac. A. 6, 26 (32) Halm, Draeg. ad loc. (Nipperd. and Ritter, principi).—
B. 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.—
II. 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.,
1. 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.—
A. 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).
1. In gen.
(α). Corresp. with the particles of time: ubi, ut, postquam, cum, etc.; with ubi: “ubi primum terram tetigimus, Continuo, etc.,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 51 al.—With ut, etc.: “quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; so, “iste continuo ut vidit, non dubitavit, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: “ut quisque insanus ... latum demisit pectore clavum, Audit continuo, etc.,Hor. S. 1, 6, 29: nam postquam audivi ... cominuo argentum dedi, Ut emeretur, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 37: “cum te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt, mihi continuo maximas gratias agant,Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1; 10, 12, 2: “ut vel continuo patuit, cum, etc.,Hor. S. 2, 8, 29: “ne mora sit, si innuerim, quin pugnus continuo in malā haereat,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari Tibi verba censes, forthwith you think, etc., id. And. 3, 2, 24; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 24; Lucr. 2, 1091; Hor. S. 2, 3, 160: “continuo consilium dimisit (Q. Maximus), simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.—
B. 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.
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