The corpus record — Latin

continuus

continuus · adj

joining, connecting with something

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Distribution

Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Divus Julius 5 · 5.13/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 4.81/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Nero 3 · 3.84/10k
Divus Augustus 4 · 2.98/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
In Eutropium 2 · 2.78/10k
Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k

Densest 12 of 71 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. contĭnŭus — Lewis & Short

joining, connecting with something

2. continuus — Walde–Hofmann

a, -um „zusammenhängend, fortlaufend, aufeinanderfolgend* (seit Plaut, rom

Attestations

continuus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.2.14
continuis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 20.8.16.p1
continuis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.9.10
continuis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.15.7
continuis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.6.83
continuis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 25.7.1

6 of 203 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 299; entry #757 Review: Under source audit

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