continuat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →continuo, continuare, continuavi, continuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make continuous (space/time); put in line, join (in succession), connect, unite;; bridge (gap); extend/prolong/draw out/last/renew; keep on; do without pause;; adjourn;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bellumque sumunt. Hic graves alius mero obtruncat, et continuat in mortem ultimam somnos; ab aris alius accendit faces..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...etiam interim contrarium. Prius fit genus plerumque continuat,is tralationibus, ut "O navis, referent in mare te novi..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...robore gentis Alcetidas fratres, totidem quos eminus hastis continuat; ferrum consumpsit pectore Phyleus, ore momordit Helops, umero transmisit..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...segnem Nomium fortemque Mimanta Thisbaeumque Lichan Anthedoniumque Lycetum continuat ferro geminisque e fratribus unum Thespiaden; eadem poscenti fata..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...amarae confudere sonis; inde orsus in ordine Tydeus continuat: 'maesti cupiens solacia casus monstriferae Calydonis opes Acheloiaque arua..."