English

Noun

continuo ‎(plural continuos)

1. (music) The bass line of music, especially for a keyboard instrument, that continues throughout a work

Derived terms

• basso continuo

Catalan

Verb

continuo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of continuar

Galician

Adjective

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

1. continuous

Derived terms

• continuamente

Related terms

• continuar

External links

• “continuo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtinwo/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin continuus.

Adjective

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

1. continuous

Related terms

• continuamente
• continuare
• continuativo
• continuato
• continuatore
• continuazione
• continuità
• di continuo
• discontinuità

Etymology 2

see the verb continuare.

Verb

continuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of continuare

Anagrams

• incutono

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈti.nu.oː/, [kɔnˈtɪ.nʊ.oː]

Etymology 1

From continuus +‎ -ō.

Verb

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

1. I join, connect, unite (make continuous)
2. I extend, prolong, continue

Inflection

Descendants

• French: continuer
• Italian: continuare
• Norman: caontinuaïr (Guernsey), continnuer (Jersey)
• Portuguese: continuar
• Romanian: continua
• Spanish: continuar

Etymology 2

From continuus +‎ -ō.

Adverb

continuō

1. immediately, at once

Etymology 3

Adjective

continuō

1. dative masculine singular of continuus
2. dative neuter singular of continuus
3. ablative masculine singular of continuus
4. ablative neuter singular of continuus

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “continuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of continuar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ˈti.nwo/

Adjective

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

1. continuous

Derived terms

• continuamente

Related terms

• continuar
• continuidad

External links

• “continuo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.