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continuo

See also: contínuo, continúo, continuò, and continuó

English

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Etymology 1

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Ellipsis of basso continuo.

Noun

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continuo (plural continuos)

  1. (music) Synonym of basso continuo.

Etymology 2

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From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”).

Noun

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continuo (plural continuos)

  1. (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.
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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): (Central) [kun.tiˈnu.u]

Verb

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continuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of continuar

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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continuo m (plural continuos)

  1. continuo

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

Adjective

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continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas)

  1. continuous
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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continuo

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of continuar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈti.nu.o/, /konˈti.nwo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -inuo, -inwo
  • Hyphenation: con‧tì‧nu‧o, con‧tì‧nuo

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin continuus, derived from contineō (“to hold together”).

Adjective

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continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continui, feminine plural continue)

  1. continuous
    Antonym: discontinuo
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Further reading

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  • continuo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin continuō (“at once”).

Adverb

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continuo

  1. (obsolete) continuously
    Synonym: continuamente

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  • continuo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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Noun use of the adjective.

Noun

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continuo m (plural continui)

  1. that which has continuity or continuousness
    1. (physics, philosophy) that whose perception cannot be broken down into various distinct elementary perceptions
  2. (by extension) a prolonged series
  3. (mathematics) continuum (set of real numbers)
    Hypernym: insieme

Further reading

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  • continuo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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continuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of continuare

References

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  1. ^ continuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From continuus +‎ -ō.

Verb

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continuō (present infinitive continuāre, perfect active continuāvī, supine continuātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to join, connect, unite, make continuous
    Synonyms: colligo, illigo, ligo, cōnserō, coniungo, consocio, iungo, contraho, concilio
  2. (transitive, time) to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit
    Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, excipiō, exsequor
  3. (transitive) to extend, prolong, lengthen
    Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōferō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō
  4. (intransitive) to continue, keep on, do without pause, persist
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   Conjugation of continuō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present continuō continuās continuat continuāmus continuātis continuant
imperfect continuābam continuābās continuābat continuābāmus continuābātis continuābant
future continuābō continuābis continuābit continuābimus continuābitis continuābunt
perfect continuāvī continuāvistī continuāvit continuāvimus continuāvistis continuāvērunt,
continuāvēre
pluperfect continuāveram continuāverās continuāverat continuāverāmus continuāverātis continuāverant
future perfect continuāverō continuāveris continuāverit continuāverimus continuāveritis continuāverint
passive present continuor continuāris,
continuāre 		continuātur continuāmur continuāminī continuantur
imperfect continuābar continuābāris,
continuābāre 		continuābātur continuābāmur continuābāminī continuābantur
future continuābor continuāberis,
continuābere 		continuābitur continuābimur continuābiminī continuābuntur
perfect continuātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect continuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect continuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present continuem continuēs continuet continuēmus continuētis continuent
imperfect continuārem continuārēs continuāret continuārēmus continuārētis continuārent
perfect continuāverim continuāverīs continuāverit continuāverīmus continuāverītis continuāverint
pluperfect continuāvissem continuāvissēs continuāvisset continuāvissēmus continuāvissētis continuāvissent
passive present continuer continuēris,
continuēre 		continuētur continuēmur continuēminī continuentur
imperfect continuārer continuārēris,
continuārēre 		continuārētur continuārēmur continuārēminī continuārentur
perfect continuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect continuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — continuā — — continuāte —
future — continuātō continuātō — continuātōte continuantō
passive present — continuāre — — continuāminī —
future — continuātor continuātor — — continuantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives continuāre continuāvisse continuātūrum esse continuārī continuātum esse continuātum īrī
participles continuāns — continuātūrus — continuātus continuandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
continuandī continuandō continuandum continuandō continuātum continuātū
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Etymology 2

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From continuus +‎ -ō.

Adverb

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continuō (not comparable)

  1. immediately, at once
  2. from the first
    Synonyms: statim, cōnfestim, īlicō, extemplō, prōtinus
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Matthaeum.26.74-75:
      et continuo gallus cantavit. Et recordatus est Petrus verbi Iesu quod dixerat, "priusquam gallus cantet ter me negabis". Et egressus foras ploravit amare.
      (after Peter denies Jesus a third time) And the rooster immediately sang. Peter then remembered what Jesus had said, "before the rooster sings, you will deny me three times." And he went outside, and cried bitterly.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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continuō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of continuus

References

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  • continuo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • continuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to continue one's office for another year: continuare magistratum (Sall. Iug. 37. 2)
    • to prolong some one's office for another year: continuare alicui magistratum
    • to march without interruption: iter continuare (B. C. 3. 11)
  • continuo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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continuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of continuar; "I continue"

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈtinwo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪i.nwo]
  • Rhymes: -inwo
  • Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuo

Adjective

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continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas)

  1. (of actions) continual, constant (done or extending without interruption)
  2. (of areas) continuous, adjacent (extending from one to another without interruption)
  3. (of people) steady, persevering (continuing with one's task without interruption)
  4. (of values) continual, nondiscrete (existing in an uninterrupted continuum)

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continuo m (plural continuos)

  1. unity (an area extending without interruption)
  2. (chiefly historical) vassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard
  3. (historical) continuo (one of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard)
  4. (music) continuo (basso continuo)

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