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|lshtext=<b>prō-tĭnus</b>: ([[less]] [[properly]] prō-tĕnus), adv. [[tenus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[before]] one's [[self]], [[forward]], [[farther]] on, [[onward]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].; syn.: [[statim]], [[continuo]], [[actutum]]): praecepisse, ut pergeret [[protinus]], [[quid]] [[retro]] [[atque]] a [[tergo]] fieret, ne laboraret, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: [[ipse]] capellas Protinus [[aeger]] [[ago]], [[drive]] [[along]] [[before]] me, Verg. E. 1, 13: quā (voce) [[protinus]] omne Contremuit [[nemus]], [[far]] and [[wide]], id. A. 7, 513.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Right on, [[continuously]], [[constantly]], [[uninterruptedly]] ([[rare]]; not in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[space]], Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 19: [[trans]] Lygios [[Gothones]] regnantur . . . [[protinus]] [[deinde]] ab Oceano [[Rugii]] et [[Lemovii]], Tac. G. 43 fin.: [[summa]] ([[vertebra]]) [[protinus]] [[caput]] sustinet, Cels. 8, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[time]] or [[order]]: [[post]] ad [[oppidum]] hoc [[vetus]] [[continuo]] [[mecum]] exercitum [[protinus]] obducam, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13; Sisenn. ap. Non. 376, 28; [[Tubero]], ib. 376, 32: [[protinus]] ut moneam, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67: trajecto [[missa]] lacerto Protinus [[hasta]] fugit servatque cruenta tenorem, Verg. A. 10, 340; id. G. 4, 1: [[felix]] si [[protinus]] illum Aequasset nocti ludum, id. A. 9, 337.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Forthwith, [[immediately]], [[directly]], from the [[very]] [[first]], [[instantly]], on the [[spot]] ([[class]].; [[but]] [[rare]] in [[prose]] [[until]] [[post]]-Aug. per.): [[oratio]] [[protinus]] perficiens auditorem benevolum, at the [[very]] [[outset]], Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20: hostes [[protinus]] ex eo [[loco]] ad [[flumen]] contenderunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: tu [[protinus]] [[unde]] Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, [[augur]], acervos, Hor. S. 2, 5, 21.—With a [[negative]]: non [[protinus]], not [[immediately]], Quint. 10, 1, 3.—With ex or ab, [[immediately]] or [[directly]] [[after]]: ex fugā [[protinus]] auxilia discesserunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 17: [[protinus]] ab ipsā curatione, Cels. 7, 26, 5: a partu, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 226: ab adoptione, Vell. 2, 104, 3; cf.: [[protinus]] [[post]] cibum, Cels. 7, 26, 26.—With ut, [[quam]], [[atque]], as [[soon]] as, as [[soon]] as [[ever]]; [[with]] ut: [[protinus]] ut [[percussus]] est [[aliquis]], Cels. 5, 26, 26; Val. Max. 5, 4, 4; Quint. 1, 1, 3.—With [[quam]], Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 75 (al. quā); 15, 17, 18, § 67.—With [[atque]], Sol. 46 fin.—Prov.: Protinus ad [[censum]], de moribus ultima flet [[quaestio]], Juv. 3, 140.