What is the Latin word for continuance?

The usual Latin words for “continuance” are continuātiō, diūturnitās, tenor; also perpetuitās, stabiliō, imber. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“continuance” in Latin

continuātiōcontinuation diūturnitāslong duration; durability tenora sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding; a line of reas perpetuitāsperpetuity, continuity stabiliōto make firm, confirm, stay, support, hold still, stabilize; to establish, fix, make secure, confirm imberrain; a storm; a stormcloud laborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distress causacause, reason; case, claim, contention; cause, judicial process, lawsuit bellumwar pugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrel

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

continuance

continuatio (e.g., imbrium, Caes.; laborum, Suet.; causarum, Cic.): diuturnitas (long continuance, belli, Nep.; pugnae, Caes.; reipublicae, Cic.): tenor (equable course): perpetuitas (e.g., voluntatis): stabilitas (firmness; steady continuance: amicitiae, fortunae). To be of long continuance, durare; manere; stare; stabilem, firmum, esse: to be of short continuance, non diu manere or stare; fragilem, caducum fluxum esse. ☞ “A long continuance of anything” may often be translated by diuturnus with the word that in English follows “of :” a long continuance of peace, labour, etc., diuturna pax; diuturnus or diutinus labor; a long continuance of wretched health, diuturna perturbatio totius valetudinis. This joy was not of long continuance, haec laetitia non nimis diuturna fuit (Nep.): this emotion is generally of no very long continuance, haec perturbatio animi plerumque brevis est, et ad tempus (Cic.): they maintain the continuance of the human soul after death, aiunt animos post mortem manere or remanere. For a continuance, diu: to please for a continuance, diu placere.

Perseverance: Vid:

Abode, Vid: CONTINUATION.

Act of continuing anything: circumlocution by verbs under CONTINUE: for the continuation of the species, ad genus faciendum (Just.).

Continuance, Vid:

Continuation (i. e., later portion) of a narrative, etc.: reliqua pars: *quod reliquum est. ☞ continuatio not Latin in this sense; the continuation is to follow, reliqua deinceps persequemur (as promise of the author, Cic.): plura, alia or quaedam sequentur, addentur, subjicientur (Kraft). As a title or heading,” Continuation” may be translated by *pars or particula altera, tertia, etc. (as the case may be, Krebs); or by *res instituta porro tractatur or pertractatur: *porro or amplius tractatur eadem res, or de eadem re (Krebs).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for continuance?: The usual Latin words for “continuance” are continuātiō, diūturnitās, tenor; also perpetuitās, stabiliō, imber. 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.