quinci

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hince, the latter element a variant of Latin hinc (“hence, from here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -intʃi
• Hyphenation: quìn‧ci

Adverb

quinci (obsolete)

1. hence, from here
2. henceforth
3. (figurative) thus, therefore
4. (in correlation with quindi) this way, to one side (as opposed to another one)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XII, p. 184 vv. 106-108:

     [...] così s'allenta la ripa che cade ¶ quivi ben ratta da l'altro girone; ¶ ma quinci e quindi l'alta pietra rade.

     [...] e'en thus attempered is the bank which falls ¶ sheer downward from the second circle there; ¶ but on this side and that the high rock graze.

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo d'amore”, in I Trionfi, published 1821, Chapter II, p. 146:

     Stanco già di mirar, non sazio ancora ¶ or quinci or quindi mi volgea, guardando ¶ cose ch'a ricordarle è breve l'ora.

     Weary with gazing, yet unsatisfied, ¶ I turned now this way and now that, and saw ¶ sights time will not suffice me to relate.

   • 1838, Giacomo Leopardi, A Silvia:

     Mirava il ciel sereno, ¶ Le vie dorate e gli orti, ¶ E quinci il mar da lungi, e quindi il monte.

     I gazed at the serene sky, ¶ the golden streets and the gardens, ¶ and the distant sea on one side, and the hill on the other.