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dein, v. deinde.

dĕindĕ, and abbrev. dein (cf. Prisc. p. 1008 P., and exin, proin—in both forms ei is monosyl. in the class. poets; as dissyl., Prud. Cath. 10, 100; id. Ditt. 1, 1), adv. [de-inde], thereafter, thereupon (for syn. cf.: dein, exinde, inde, deinceps, post, postea, porro).

  1. I. In place (rare), from there, from that place: via interest perangusta, deinde paulo latior patescit campus, Liv. 22, 4.
    1. B. Transf. in (local) succession, thereafter, next (cf. dehinc, no. I. B.): auxiliares Galli Germanique in fronte, post quos pedites sagittarii, dein quatuor legiones, exin totidem aliae legiones, etc., next, Tac. A. 2, 16: juxta Hermanduros Narisci, ac deinde Marcomanni, id. G. 42: haec quidem duo binis pedibus incisim: dein membratim, etc., Cic. Or. 63, 213; cf. id. N. D. 2, 42 fin.: Baliares locat ante signa … dein graviorem armis peditem, Liv. 21, 55, 2.
  2. II. In time.
    1. A. Thereafter, afterwards, then (common in all periods and styles): hostes contra legiones suas instruunt. Deinde utrique imperatores in medium exeunt, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 68: accepit conditionem, dein quaestum occipit, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52: complures ex iis occiderunt: deinde se in castra receperunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 35 fin.: dein Tubero, Nescio (inquit) Africane, Cic. Rep. 1, 10: incipe, Damoeta; tu deinde sequēre, Menalca. Alternis dicetis, Verg. E. 3, 58; unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 101: in Aequis nihil deinde memorabile actum, Liv. 3, 3.
        1. b. Freq. after primum, principio, prius, inde, postea, postremo, etc.: Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium ex conspectu remotis equis, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 3, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74; 3, 108 et saep.: principio duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, deinde, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 20: plebs montem sacrum prius, deinde Aventinum occupavit, id. ib. 2, 33; cf. ib. 2, 37: hunc secutus est Cursor. deinde L. Maso aedilicius: inde multi Masones … : deinde Carbones et Turdi insequuntur, id. Fam. 9, 21 med.: jubent venire agros Attalensium … : deinde agros in Macedonia regios … : deinde agrum optimum et fructuosissimum Corinthium … : post autem agros in Hispania … tum vero ipsam veterem Carthaginem vendunt, id. Agr. 1, 2, 5: quippe oppidana lascivia invicem incessente probra, deinde saxa, postremo ferrum sumpsere, Tac. A. 14, 17 et saep.; so, corresp. with in praesentia, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 26.
        2. c. Connected with tum, tunc, postea, porro, postremo, etc.: primum ea quae sumus acturi cogitare debemus, deinde tum dicere ac facere, Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.; so, deinde tum, Quint. 4, 2, 27: deinde tunc, Sen. Ep. 74, 23: tum deinde, Liv. 2, 8: tunc deinde, Val. Fl. 8, 109: servos Milonis sibi confessos esse de interficiendo Cn. Pompeio conjurasse; deinde postea se gladio percussum esse, etc., Cic. Mil. 24, 65; so, deinde postea, id. Inv. 1, 28, 43: id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2: Liv. 41, 24; Cels. 3, 4; 5, 28 al.: postea deinde, id. 7, 8; Val. Max. 9, 1 ext. 5; cf. also deinde eam postea supprimat, Cic. Clu. 26, 71: post deinde, Ter. Andr. 3, 2, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 23: deinde post, Nep. Eum, 5, 5; Vell. 2, 23, 3: deinde porro, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 103; id. Epid. 5, 2, 61: mox deinde, Tib. 1, 5, 73: deinde postremo, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43; cf.: deinde ad extremum, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28; id. Pis. 31 fin.: deinde deinceps, id. Div. 1, 30, 64 (dub.); id, Leg. 3, 2, 4; Liv. 2, 47.
        3. d. Strengthened by cum, postquam, posteaquam, ubi, etc.: dein (deinde) cum, Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18: deinde cum, as soon as, Liv. 3, 47; cf.: dein cum, Plin. 19, 8, 51, § 166: deinde (dein) postquam, Liv. 3, 66; 6, 13; 7, 37 et saep.: deinde posteaquam, Cels. 7 praef.: deinde (dein) ubi, Sall. J. 68, 69; id. C. 45 fin.; Liv. 7, 14.
    2. B. Of future time, hereafter, from this time forward (rare): tu velim cures ut sciam, quibus nos dare oporteat eas, quas ad te deinde litteras mittemus, Cic. ad Q. Frat. 3, 8, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 280; experiamini quidquid deinde fors tulerit, Curt. 5, 25, 17.
  3. III. In an enumeration or succession of facts or arguments, afterwards, next in order, then: ut a prima congressione maris et feminae, deinde a progenie et cognatione ordiar, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 48: te ad coenas itare desisse moleste fero … Deinde etiam vereor … ne, etc., id. Fam. 9, 24, 2; id. de Or. 2, 11, 45 sq. et saep.
    1. B. Esp. freq. following primum (primus), followed by postremo al.: quod in homine multo est evidentius, primum ex ea caritate, quae, etc., deinde, etc., Cic. Lael. 8, 27; 18, 65; 20, 73; id. Rep. 1, 13; 1, 17 et passim; cf. deinde, several times repeated, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45; id. Inv. 1, 28, 43; id. Or. 54, 108 al.: primum with deinde eight times, and finally postremo, id. Inv. 2, 49, 145: deinde … tum … post, etc., Cels. 2, 18; 3, 7 et saep.: deinde … deinde … postremo … , Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49: excellente tum Crasso et Antonio, deinde (next in the order of excellence, not of time) Philippo, post Julio, id. Brut. 88, 301: deinde … tum … postremo, Quint. 3, 9, 6 sq.: prima nobilitas Cilicio … dein Lyciae Olympo, mox Centuripino, etc., Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31; so after optimus, Plin. 25, 11, 87, § 136; 37, 9, 38, § 119; after laudatissimus, id. 21, 18, 69, § 115; cf. id. 21, 21, 92, § 160: femur promovetur saepissime in interiorem: deinde in exteriorem: raro admodum in priorem aut posteriorem, Cels. 8, 20.
    2. C. So, in a climax, emphasizing the last of a series: suis artibus, fraude, deinde insidiis est prope circumventus, at length, in fine, Liv. 21, 34; id. 21, 41; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 238 -249.