What is the Latin word for continually?

The usual Latin words for “continually” are continēns, perpetuus, assiduus; also semper, usque. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“continually” in Latin

continēnslimiting, enclosing; bordering, neighboring; connected, continuous, unbroken perpetuusperpetual, everlasting, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, incessant, unbroken; ablative of time: a duration of time, assiduusconstant, regular, perpetual; unremitting, incessant semperalways, ever, forever, at all times, on each occasion, ongoing, constant usqueconstantly, continuously; as far as, up to, right until, all the way

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

continually

continenter (☞ in this sense continue is pre- and post- classical: continuo is found twice in Quint. [2, 20, 3; 9, 1, 11], but Hand entirely rejects it in this sense: “quod perpetuum est-id veteres scriptores adverbiis continue et continenter, non adverbio continuo exprimunt. Hoc enim non ponitur, nisi-pro ‘statim,’ ‘nulla mora interposita.’ ii. 104.): uno tenore: perpetuo: assidue (☞ assiduo, pre- and post- classical; Plaut., Plin.; SYN. in CONSTANT): sine intennissione: nullo temporis puncto intermisso (without intermission): semper: usque (always: the former absolutely, the latter with a reference, expressed or implied, to a definite limit). (the words are found in this connection and order), continenter usque ad aliquid (continually up to a crtain point; e.g., ad ipsum negotium, Cic.): to rain continually for two days, continenter biduum-pluere (Liv.): to be continually at his books, studia numquam intermittere; tota vita assidere libris; haerere in libris: to be continually at work, nullum tempus ad laborem intermittere: to be continually beseeching anybody, aliquem precibus fatigare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for continually?: The usual Latin words for “continually” are continēns, perpetuus, assiduus; also semper, usque. 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.