continuo

See also: contínuo, continúo, continuò, and continuó

English

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of basso continuo.

Noun

continuo (plural continuos)

(music) Synonym of basso continuo.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

continuo (plural continuos)

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

Alternative forms

contino

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.tiˈnu.o/

(Central) IPA^(key): /kun.tiˈnu.u/

Verb

continuo

first-person singular present indicative form of continuar

French

Noun

continuo m (plural continuos)

continuo

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuus.

Adjective

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

continuous

Derived terms

continuamente

Related terms

continuar

Italian

Alternative forms

continovo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

continuous
Antonym: discontinuo

Derived terms

continuamente
di continuo

Related terms

continuare
continuativo
continuato
continuatore
continuazione
continuità
discontinuo

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

continuo

(obsolete) continuously
Synonym: continuamente

Etymology 3

Noun use of the adjective.

Noun

continuo m (plural continui)

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

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

continuo

first-person singular present indicative of continuare

References

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

Anagrams

incutono

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.nu.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪnuoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.nu.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːnuo]

Etymology 1

From continuus +‎ -ō.

Verb

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

(transitive) I join, connect, unite, make continuous
Synonyms: colligo, illigo, ligo, cōnserō, coniungo, consocio, iungo, contraho, concilio
(transitive, time) I follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit
Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, excipiō, exsequor
(transitive) I extend, prolong, lengthen
Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōferō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō
(intransitive) I continue, keep on, do without pause, persist

Conjugation

Conjugation of continuō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	continuā	—	—	continuāte	—
active	future	—	continuātō	continuātō	—	continuātōte	continuantō
passive	present	—	continuāre	—	—	continuāminī	—
passive	future	—	continuātor	continuātor	—	—	continuantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Descendants

English (through Middle French): continue
Catalan: continuar
Occitan: contunhar
French: continuer
Italian: continuare
Norman: caontinuaïr (Guernsey), continnuer (Jersey)
Portuguese: continuar
Romanian: continua
Sicilian: cuntinuari
Spanish: continuar

Etymology 2

From continuus +‎ -ō.

Adverb

continuō (not comparable)

immediately, at once
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.

Adjective

continuō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of continuus

References

continuo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) 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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

continuo

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

contino (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

acto continuo
bajo continuo
continuamente
continuismo
de continuo
función continua

Related terms

continuar
continuidad

Noun

continuo m (plural continuos)

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

continuo

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

French

Noun

Galician

Etymology

Adjective

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Italian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

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Etymology 2

Adverb

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Etymology 3

Noun

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Etymology 4

Verb

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Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Conjugation

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adverb

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Portuguese

Verb

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