dehinc

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dĕ-hinc: (in the poets freq. monosyllabic, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 131; 1, 256; Ov. F. 6, 788 al.; cf. App. Orth. 45. Dissyllabic in Verg. G. 3, 167; id. A. 3, 464; 5, 722; id. Hor. S. 1, 3, 104; id. A. P. 144; Sil. 8, 473 al.).—
I Adv., from this place forth, from here, hence.
I In space.
   A Lit. (not ante-Aug. and rare): interiora Cedrosii, dehinc Persae habitant, Mel. 3, 8, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 38: dehinc ab Syria usque ad, etc., Tac. A. 4, 5. —
   B Transf.
   1    In the order of succession (poet.): ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat, Hor. A. P. 143; Sil. 8, 473.—
   2    Like our hence, to indicate a consequence (only in the foll. places): sequi decretum'st, dehinc conjicito ceterum, Plaut. Casin. 1, 6; Ter. And. 1, 2, 19.—
II In time, with or without respect to the terminus a quo (freq. in Plaut. and Ter. and since the Aug. period; not in Cic., Caes., or Quint.).
   A With respect to the term. a quo, from this time forth, henceforth, henceforwards (in the future, opp. abhinc).
   (a)    Cum futuro: si ante quidem mentitus est, nunc jam dehinc erit verax tibi, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 161; cf.: at ut scias, nunc dehinc latine jam loquar, id. ib. 5, 2, 69; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 33.—
   (b)    Cum praes.: profecto nemo est, quem jam dehinc metuam, Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 98; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5; so, ut quiescant, id. And. prol. 22: ne exspectetis, id. Ad. prol. 22: cf.: juro me L. Tarquinium Superbum ferro, igni, quacunque dehinc vi possim, exsecuturum, Liv. 1, 59.—
   (g)    With imperat.: at nunc dehinc scito, illum, etc., Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 8; cf. id. Poen. prol. 125. —
   b Referring to a point of time in the past, thenceforwards, since then: cum ex instituto Tiberii omnes dehinc Caesares beneficia ... aliter rata non haberent, Suet. Tit. 8: duplex dehinc fama est, id. Calig. 58. —
   B Without respect to the term. a quo, pointing to a future time.
   1    Hereupon, afterwards, next, then (not anteAug.): Eurum ad se Zephyrumque vocat, dehinc talia fatur, Verg. A. 1, 131; 1, 256; 5, 722; 6, 678; Hor. S. 1, 3, 104: dehinc audito legionum tumultu raptim profectus, etc., Tac. A. 1, 34; 13, 35; 15, 36; Suet. Caes. 35: post-positum, Tac. A. 4, 14; 13, 23; 13, 38: quae postquam vates sic ore effatus amico est, Dona dehinc ... imperat ad naves ferri, Verg. A. 3, 464: de qua dehinc dicam, Suet. Aug. 97; id. Ner. 19.—
   2    In enumerations ( = deinde), then (rare, and, excepting once in Sall., not anteAug.): arduum videtur res gestas scribere: primum quod ... dehinc quia, etc., Sall. C. 3, 2; so after primum, Verg. G. 3, 167; after primo, Suet. Aug. 49 fin.: incipiet putrescere, dehinc laxata ire in humorem ... tunc exsilient flumina, inde, etc., Sen. Q. N. 3, 29.—Cf. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 229-232.