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“consequently” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

consequently
igitur: ergo: itaque: proinde (in a sentence of exhortation). Sometimes quod (= “in reference to which;” e.g., Male metuo, ne Philumenae morbus adgravescat; quod te, aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro. Terentianus; Vid: Pract., Intr., 2, 829). Sometimes jam (of what a person knows after and from a previous statement; e.g., Ego Appium - valde diligo: Jam me Pompeii totum esse scis, Cic.). ☞ If from a number of premises or observations an inference is drawn, quae cum ita sint (this being so) is used. Vid: THEREFORE.

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What is the Latin word for consequently?
The usual Latin words for “consequently” are igitur, ergō, itaque; also proinde, Aesculāpius, salūs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.