next in the order of excellence

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).—

In place (rare), from there, from that place:

via interest perangusta, deinde paulo latior patescit campus,

Liv. 22, 4.—

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.—

In time.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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. —

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.—

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.—

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.