continenter

Latin

Etymology

From continēns present participle of contineō (“I contain”), from con- (“together”) + teneō (“I hold”).

Adverb

continenter (comparative continentius, superlative continentissimē)

  1. unbroken, uninterruptedly
    Synonyms: iūgiter, prōtinus
  2. continuously, constantly, incessantly, without a pause
    Synonyms: iūgiter, prōtinus
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
      […] proximīque sunt Germānīs, quī trāns Rhēnum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
      [The Belgae] are also nearest to the Germans, who dwell across the Rhine, with whom they are constantly waging war.
  3. repeatedly
  4. successfully
  5. (figuratively) temperately, moderately

References

  • “continenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “continenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “continenter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • continenter in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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