protinus

prō-tĭnus (less properly prō-tĕnus ), adv. [tenus], before one's self, forward, farther on, onward.

I.

Lit. (rare but class.;

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, [p. 1479] drive along before me, Verg. E. 1, 13:

quā (voce) protinus omne Contremuit nemus,

far and wide, id. A. 7, 513.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Right on, continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly (rare; not in Cic.).

1.

In space, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 19:

trans Lygios Gothones regnantur... protinus deinde ab Oceano Rugii et Lemovii,

Tac. G. 43 fin.:

summa (vertebra) protinus caput sustinet,

Cels. 8, 1.—

2.

In time or order:

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.—

B.

Forthwith, immediately, directly, from the very first, instantly, on the spot (class.;

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.