proinde
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- proin (before consonants)
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of prō + inde.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈin.de/, [proˈɪn̪d̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈin.de/, [proˈin̪d̪e]
- Note: with one exception always scans as a two-syllable; cf. dein(de).
Adverb[edit]
proinde (not comparable)
- (in warnings, advising) so, for this reason, hence, therefore (sums up the previous argumentation)
- (in comparison, with or without ut) (so) as; in the same manner, accordingly
- (with quasi, often ironic) as if
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Further reading[edit]
- “proinde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proinde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proinde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette