I immediately thought within myself

contĭnŭus, a, um, adj. [contineo, II.], joining, connecting with something, or hanging together, in space or time, uninterrupted, continuous.

Of space (so mostly Aug. and post-Aug.; cf., however, continue); with dat. or absol.

Lit.:

aër continuus terrae est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 1: Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;

nunc freta circuëunt,

joined to the mainland, Ov. M. 15, 289:

ignis proxima quaeque et deinceps continua amplexus,

Liv. 30, 5, 7; 30, 6, 5: montes, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189:

agri,

Suet. Caes. 38:

fluere continuo alveo (Euphraten),

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; cf.:

Rhenus uno alveo continuus,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

mare,

id. Agr. 10 fin.:

aliqui vice dentium continuo osse gignuntur,

Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69:

omnia continua et paria,

Plin. Pan. 51, 4:

serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 517.—

Subst.: contĭnŭus, i, m., he who is always about one, an attendant:

Cocceius Nerva, continuus principis,

Tac. A. 6, 26 (32) Halm, Draeg. ad loc. (Nipperd. and Ritter, principi).—

Tron., of rhet. matters (most freq. in Quint.): cum fluxerunt plures continuae translationes (the figure derived from an uninterrupted, flowing stream; v. the preced.), Cic. Or. 27, 94:

expositio (opp. partita),

Quint. 7, 10, 11:

loci,

id. 11, 3, 84:

lumina,

id. 12, 10, 46:

ab exordio usque ad ultimam vocem continuus quidam gemitus,

id. 11, 1, 54:

oratio,

id. 6, 1, 46; 6, 4, 1 et saep.:

adfectus,

id. 6, 2, 10:

impetus,

id. 10. 7, 14 et saep.—

Of time and objects relating to it, following one after another, successive, continuous (class. in all periods and species of composition): auferet ex oculis veniens Aurora Boöten;

continuāque die sidus Hyantis erit,

the next day, Ov. F. 5, 734; so,

continuā nocte,

the following night, id. ib. 6, 720:

triduum continuum, dies decem continuos,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 146 sq.:

dies quinque ex eo die,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

annos prope quinquaginta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 38:

duabus noctibus,

Suet. Aug. 94:

secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempestates,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34 Oud. N. cr. prioribus diebus, Liv. 42, 58, 3:

aliquot an nos continuos,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

tot dies,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

triennium,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 7:

biennio,

id. Tib. 38:

bella,

Liv. 10, 31, 10; cf.:

cursus proeliorum,

Tac. Agr. 27:

consulatus,

Suet. Caes. 76; Plin. Pan. 58: itinera, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

regna,

Liv. 1, 47, 6:

duo tri umphi ex Hispaniā acti,

id. 41, 7, 1:

labor,

Quint. 1, 3, 8:

amor,

Prop. 1, 20, 1:

incom moda,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14: messe senescit ager; Ov. A. A. 3, 82:

eos (patricios) ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse,

Tac. A. 12, 25 fin. et saep.—With abl. resp.:

continuus inde et saevus accusandis reis Suilius,

incessant, Tac. A. 11, 5; cf.:

postulandis reis tam continuus annus fuit,

incessantly occupied, id. ib. 4, 36.—Hence the advv.,

contĭ-nŭē, continuously, without interruption; in space or time (very rare, perh. only anteand post-class. for continenter, assidue):

* flumen quod fluit continue,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.:

protinus jugiter et continue,

Non. p. 376, 26.—

contĭnŭō.

To designate an act that in time immediately follows something, immediately, forthwith, directly, without delay, = statim, autika (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).

In gen.

Corresp. with the particles of time: ubi, ut, postquam, cum, etc.; with ubi:

ubi primum terram tetigimus, Continuo, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49; so id. Cist. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 51 al.—With ut, etc.:

quae ut aspexi, me continuo contuli, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; so,

iste continuo ut vidit, non dubitavit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48:

ut quisque insanus... latum demisit pectore clavum, Audit continuo, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 29: nam postquam audivi [p. 451]... cominuo argentum dedi, Ut emeretur, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 37:

cum te summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt, mihi continuo maximas gratias agant,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1; 10, 12, 2:

ut vel continuo patuit, cum, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 29:

ne mora sit, si innuerim, quin pugnus continuo in malā haereat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari Tibi verba censes, forthwith you think, etc., id. And. 3, 2, 24; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 24; Lucr. 2, 1091; Hor. S. 2, 3, 160:

continuo consilium dimisit (Q. Maximus), simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121.—

Absol.:

continuo, ventis surgentibus, aut freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere, etc.,

Verg. G. 1, 356:

continuo hic ero,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 43: haud mora;

continuo matris praecepta facessit,

Verg. G. 4, 548; so Ov. M. 14, 362; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 3;

corresp. with statim,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

quod lubet, non lubet jam id continuo,

the next moment, immediately, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10:

hos prius intro ducam et quae volo Simul inperabo: poste continuo exeo,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 40: hanc mihi in manum dat;

mors continuo ipsam occupat,

id. And. 1, 5, 62:

hercle ego te barbā continuo arripiam, et in ignem coniciam,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64: egomet continuo mecum;

certe captus est!

I immediately thought within myself, Ter. And. 1, 1, 55:

senatus est continuo convocatus,

Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

hos continuo in itinere adorti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42 fin.:

subitae necessitates continuo agendi,

on the spot, immediately, Quint. 10, 7, 2 et saep.: perturbationes, amplificatae certe, pestiferae sunt;

igitur etiam susceptae continuo in magnā pestis parte versantur,

even immediately on their inception, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42; cf. id. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—

Of a point of time closely following a time named, speedily, without interval:

deinde absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

qui summam spem civium, quam de eo jam puero habuerant, continuo adulescens incredibili virtute superavit,

id. Lael. 3, 11.—

Esp., with the statement of a logical consequence from a fact; only in connection with a negative, or a question implying a negative, not by consequence, not necessarily, not as an immediate consequence, in questions; perhaps then? perhaps therefore? (very freq. in Cic.); with si:

non continuo, si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sum sicarius,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94; so id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Gai Inst. 2, 204.—With cum, Manil. 2, 345. — Absol.:

cum nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; so,

ego summum dolorem... non continuo dico esse brevem,

id. ib. 2, 19, 45: aeque enim contingit omnibus fidibus, ut incontentae sint;

illud non continuo, ut aeque incontentae,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono?

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40; so,

continuone si? etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 84.—

In Quint. twice (for the ante- and post-class. continue), in an uninterrupted series, one after another, continuously:

qualis (labor) fuit illius, qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa, in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserebat,

Quint. 2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11.