scriptio continua

From Latin scrīptiō (“writing”) + continua (“continuous, held together”).

scriptio continua (uncountable)

1. (typography, epigraphy) A style of writing without spacing between the words of the text, particularly writing without any punctuation at all.

• scriptura continua, scripta continua

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskriːp.ti.oː kɔnˈtɪ.nu.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskrip.t̪͡s̪i.o kon̪ˈt̪iː.nu.a]
• Hyphenation: scrīp‧ti‧ō con‧ti‧nu‧a

scrīptiō continua f sg (genitive scrīptiōnis continuae); third declension

1. (typography, epigraphy) scriptio continua (writing)

Third-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, singular only.