ἔκδοτον σεαυτὴν τῷ σύροντι ποταμῷ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐᾶσαι → abandon yourself to the eddying flow of events
contĭnŭĭtas: ātis, f. continuus,I a connected series, continuation (very rare), Varr. L. L. 8, § 107 Müll.: spinae, Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 105.