denique

dēnĭquē, adv. [etym. dub.; perh. dēnĭ, locative of de, and que].

I.

Orig. denoting succession in time, and thereupon, and then, in the sequel.

A.

In gen. (rare—for syn. cf.:

tum, demum, tandem, postremo): omnes negabant... denique hercle jam pudebat,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 8:

risu omnes qui aderant emoriri. Denique Metuebant omnes jam me,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 42:

ille imperat reliquis civitatibus obsides. Denique ei rei constituit diem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 64:

ferme ut quisque rem accurat suam, sic ei procedunt post principia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4.—In the interrogatory formula:

quid denique agitis?

and what did you do then? Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 60: id. Truc. 2, 4, 47.—More freq.,

B.

Pregn., ending a period, at last, at length; lastly, finally:

boat caelum fremitu virum... Denique, ut voluimus, nostra superat manus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 12; Ter. And. 1, 1, 120:

nisi quia lubet experiri, quo evasuru 'st denique,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 8; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 71:

Nil nostri miserere? mori me denique coges,

Verg. E. 2, 7:

quid jam misero mihi denique restat?

id. A. 2, 70; 2, 295 al.—

b.

Strengthened by ad extremum, ad postremum, or tandem:

boni nescio quomodo tardiores sunt, et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur,

Cic. Sest. 47:

victus denique ad postremum est,

Just. 12, 16 fin.; 37, 1 fin.: et tandem denique devorato pudore ad Milonem aio, Ap. M. 2, p. 121.—

c.

Sometimes of that which happens after a long delay = tandem:

quae (sc. urbana) ego diu ignorans, ex tuis jucundissimis litteris a. d. V. Cal. Jan. denique cognovi,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 8:

aliquam mihi partem hodie operae des denique, jam tandem ades ilico,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 40.—

d.

With the particles tum, nunc, or an abl. of time (nearly = demum), just. precisely:

tum denique homines nostra intellegimus bona, cum, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 39:

qui convenit polliceri operam suam reip. tum denique, si necessitate cogentur? etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6;

so tum denique,

id. Quint. 13, 43; id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. de Sen. 23, 82; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64 et saep.;

and separated,

id. Lael. 22, 84; id. Caecin. 34 fin.:

tantum accessit, ut mihi nunc denique amare videar, antea dilexisse,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 5; cf. id. Quint. 13:

ne is, de cujus officio nemo umquam dubitavit, sexagesimo denique anno dedecore notetur,

id. ib. 31, 99; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 4; id. B. C. 1, 5, 2; Sall. J. 105, 3.—

(β).

Like demum with pronouns, to give emphasis:

si qua metu dempto casta est, ea denique casta est,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 3:

is enim denique honos mihi videri solet, qui, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10; cf.:

eo denique,

Cic. Quint. 11, 38.—

(γ).

With vix (like vix demum):

posita vix denique mensa,

Ov. Her. 16, 215.—

II.

Transf., in enumerations.

A.

Like dein (deinde) followed by postremo, or ad postremum (rare):

denique sequitur... postremo si est, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, 19, 113:

omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23 fin.; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; cf. id. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

primum illis cum Lucanis bellum fuit.. Denique Alexander rex Epiri.. cum omnibus copiis ab his deletus est.. ad postremum Agathocles, etc.,

Just. 23, 1, 15. —

B.

Pregn., to introduce the last of a series, finally, lastly, in fine (the usual meaning of the word; cf.:

postremo, novissime, ad extremum): consilium ceperunt... ut nomen hujus de parricidio deferrent, ut ad eam rem aliquem accusatorem veterem compararent... denique ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Ov. Tr. 2, 231: cur etiam secundo proelio aliquos ex suis amitteret? cur vulnerari pateretur optime de se meritos milites? [p. 546] cur denique fortunam periclitaretur? Caes. B. C. 1, 72, 2:

aut denique,

Cic. Arch, 6, 12:

qui denique,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

tum denique,

Verg. G. 2, 369 et saep.:

cum de moribus, de virtutibus, denique de republica disputet (Socrates),

Cic. Rep. 1, 10:

mathematici, poetae, musici, medici denique, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7:

denique etiam,

id. Fl. 4, 9:

primum omnium me ipsum vigilare, etc.: deinde magnos animos esse in bonis viris..: deos denique immortales. auxilium esse laturos,

id. Cat. 2, 9.—

2.

Freq. in ascending to a climax, or to a higher or more general expression, in a word, in fine, in short, briefly, even, in fact, indeed:

quis hunc hominem rite dixerit, qui sibi cum suis civibus, qui denique cum omni hominum genere nullam esse juris communionem velit?

Cic. Rep. 2, 26:

nemo bonus, nemo denique civis est, qui, etc.,

id. Pis. 20, 45; id. Verr. 2, 2, 69; Liv. 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 10 al.:

pernegabo atque obdurabo, perjurabo denique,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 56; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 51; id. Hec. 4, 4, 95; Cic. Quint. 16, 51; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23 al.:

numquam tam mane egredior, neque tam vesperi domum revortor, quin te in fundo conspicer fodere, aut arare, aut aliquid facere denique, Heaut. 1, 1, 15: quod malum majus, seu tantum denique?

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4; Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2:

ne nummi pereant, aut pyga aut denique fama,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 133:

haec denique ejus fuit postrema oratio,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 44; so Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; id. Verr. 1, 27, 70; Nep. Pelop. 4, 3; Vell. 2, 113; Tac. A. 1, 26; Ov. M. 2, 95 al. —Hence, freq. emphatic with ipse:

arma, tela, locos, tempora, denique naturam ipsam industria vicerat,

Sall. J. 76:

hoc denique ipso die,

Cic. Mil. 36, 100.—With omnia, prius flamma, prius denique omnia, quam, etc., id. Phil. 13, 21, 49; Quint. 10, 1, 119; Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13; cf.:

quidquid denique,

Cels. 2, 28, 1.—

3.

In post-Aug. prose (esp. in the jurists), to denote an inference, in consequence, therefore, accordingly:

hujus victoriae callide dissimulata laetitia est: denique non solita sacra Philippus illa die fecit, etc.,

Just. 9, 4, 1:

pulcherrima Campaniae plaga est: nihil mollius caelo: denique bis floribus vernat,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; Dig. 1, 7, 13; 10, 4, 3, § 15 et saep. So in citing a decision for a position assumed:

denique Scaevola ait, etc.,

Dig. 7, 3, 4; 4, 4, 3; 7, 8, 14:

exstat quidem exemplum ejus, qui gessit (sc. magistratum) caecus: Appius denique Claudius caecus consiliis publicis intererat,

ib. 3, 1, 1, § 5 and 6; 48, 5, 8.—In class. usage denique includes the connective -que;

once in Plaut. and often in late Lat. a copul. conj. precedes it: atque hoc denique,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 18:

aurum, argentum, et denique aliae res,

Gai. Inst. 2, 13; Dig. 1, 8, 1. See Hand Turs. II. p. 260-278.