prōtinus
Meaning
- not comparableimmediately, forthwith
- not comparablerareforward, farther on, onward
Nōn equidem invideō; mīror magis: undique tōtīs ūsque adeō turbātur agrīs. Ēn, ipse capellās prōtinus aeger agō; hanc etiam vix, Tītyre, dūcō: hīc inter dēnsās corylōs modo namque gemellōs,
I certainly don't envy you; I am amazed more: everywhere in all the fields there's such disturbance. Look, the goats by myself I drive forward sick as I am; this one too I am barely leading, Tityrus: for here among dense hazels, just now, twin kids, the hope of the flock, ah! it abandoned exhausted on bare rock.c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 1 - not comparablecontinuously, constantly, uninterruptedly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sine morā, statim.Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Repente · Subito · Extemplo · E vestigio · Illico · Statim · Protinus · Confestim · Continuo
Repente and subito denote suddenly; repens means sudden, in opp. to exspectatus, expected, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; to sensim, Cic. Off. i. 33. Suet. Tib. 11, like ἐξαπίνης; but subitus, in opp. to foreseen, ante provisus, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; meditatus, Plin. Ep. i. 16; paratus, Cic. Or. i. 33, like παραχρῆμα. Extemplo and e vestigio, in opp. to delay; extemplo (ex tempore) in a moment, with reference to time; e vestigio, on the spot, sur-le-champ, with reference to place. Illico and ilicet, in opp. to slowness; illico (in loco) is used in prose, like παραυτίκα; ilicet, by writers of comedy and poets. Statim and protinus, in opp. to, at a future time; statim, immediately, in opp. to deinde, Tac. Ann. vi. 3; postea, Suet. Cl. 39. A. 51. N. 34, like εὐθύς; protinus, forthwith, like πρόκα. Confestim and continuo, in opp. to ex intervallo, Cic. Inv. ii. 12. (v. 157.)
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.—trans Lygios Gothones regnantur . . . protinus deinde ab Oceano Rugii et Lemovii, Tac. G. 43 fin.: summa (vertebra) protinus caput sustinet, Cels. 8, 1.—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.—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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *pro- (compare Latin prōcērus) and tenus (“up to, as far as”), from *ten- (“extend”) (compare Latin tendō (“to stretch out”)).