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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ˈdɛi̯n.dɛ][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈin.de][1]

Forms

de͡inde or dē̆inde (not comparable)[1]

Etymology

It is a compound of dē (“from”) and inde (“from there, then”), like proinde and exinde.[2][1][3] The short form dein is common; in Classical poetry ⟨dei-⟩ is one syllable.[2][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found in the Twelve Tables;[5] Ennius writes rēx deinde citātus convellit sēsē “then the king, in haste, tears himself away”.[2]

Semantic evolution

Deinde means “afterwards, then, next” of time, “from there, next” of position, and in enumerations “in the second place” (prīmum … deinde).[2][1] It also means “from that time on, thereafter”.[2][1]

Cicero notes that dein and exin are often said for deinde and exinde.[3]

Timeline

  • c. 450 BC – Used in the Twelve Tables.[5]
  • 204–169 BC – Ennius: rēx deinde citātus.[2][5]
  • 81–43 BC – Cicero comments on the short form dein.[3][5]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. afterwards, then, next.[2][1]
  2. From there, next (in place).[2][1]
  3. In the next place, secondly.[2]
  4. From then on, thereafter.[2][1]

Word family

  • deinceps

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de