English → Latin
“consecutive” in Latin
contineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcontinuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive, lasting; straight, in a row, whole; following one after another, successive, succcontextusa weaving, knitting; a joining; connection, coherenceōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or
The English word consecutive itself goes back to Latin sequor, through cōnsecūtīvus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consecutive
continens: continuus (following immediately one after the other without interruption): contextus (hanging one on the other, not interrupted): ordine (according to order, in turn): alter post alteram, alius post alium (one after the other; the former in speaking of two; the latter of several persons): during three consecutive days, triduum continuum; tres dies continuos: what have you been doing for so many consecutive days? quid tot continuos dies egisti?
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consecutive?
- The usual Latin words for “consecutive” are contineō, continuus, contextus; also ōrdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.