dehinc

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Latin

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Etymology

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Univerbation of (down from) +‎ hinc, with apocope of +‎ -ce and vowel contraction.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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dehinc (not comparable)

  1. from here, from here on in, hence, henceforth, from this time on, in the future, at a later stage (in the story)
    • c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 111:
      nēmō est quem jam dehinc metuam
      There's nobody I'm going to be afraid of after this.
    1. (with causative force) so now
    Synonym: posthāc
  2. immediately afterward, afterwards, after that, thereafter, thereupon, then, next
  3. (in enumerations) then, next (in order)
  4. (topography) from this place on, from here on
    • 86 BCEc. 35 BCE, Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum 19.6:
      post eōs Aethiopās esse, dehinc loca exūsta sōlis ārdōribus
      Further to the south are Ethiopians, and from here on lands scorched by the sun's heat.

References

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Further reading

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  • dehinc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dehinc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dehinc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.