dĕ-hinc — Lewis & Short
dĕ-hinc (in the poets freq. monosyllabic, e. g.
Verg. A. 1, 131; 1, 256; Ov. F. 6, 788 al.; cf. App. Orth. 45. Dissyllabic in Verg. G. 3, 167; id. A. 3, 464; 5, 722; id. Hor. S. 1, 3, 104; id. A. P. 144; Sil. 8, 473 al.).—I Adv., from this place forth, from here, hence.
I In space.
A Lit. (not ante-Aug. and rare):
interiora Cedrosii, dehinc Persae habitant,Mel. 3, 8, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 38:
dehinc ab Syria usque ad, etc.,Tac. A. 4, 5. —
B Transf.
1 In the order of succession (poet.):
ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat,Hor. A. P. 143; Sil. 8, 473.—
2 Like our hence, to indicate a consequence (only in the foll. places):
sequi decretum'st, dehinc conjicito ceterum,Plaut. Casin. 1, 6; Ter. And. 1, 2, 19.—
II In time, with or without respect to the terminus a quo (freq. in Plaut. and Ter. and since the Aug. period; not in Cic., Caes., or Quint.).
A With respect to the term. a quo, from this time forth, henceforth, henceforwards (in the future, opp. abhinc).
(a) Cum futuro:
si ante quidem mentitus est, nunc jam dehinc erit verax tibi,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 161; cf.:
at ut scias, nunc dehinc latine jam loquar,id. ib. 5, 2, 69; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 33.—
(b) Cum praes.:
profecto nemo est, quem jam dehinc metuam,Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 98; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5; so,
ut quiescant,id. And. prol. 22:
ne exspectetis,id. Ad. prol. 22: cf.:
juro me L. Tarquinium Superbum ferro, igni, quacunque dehinc vi possim, exsecuturum,Liv. 1, 59.—
(g) With imperat.:
at nunc dehinc scito, illum, etc.,Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 8; cf. id. Poen. prol. 125. —
b Referring to a point of time in the past, thenceforwards, since then:
cum ex instituto Tiberii omnes dehinc Caesares beneficia ... aliter rata non haberent,Suet. Tit. 8:
duplex dehinc fama est,id. Calig. 58. —
B Without respect to the term. a quo, pointing to a future time.
1 Hereupon, afterwards, next, then (not anteAug.):
Eurum ad se Zephyrumque vocat, dehinc talia fatur,Verg. A. 1, 131; 1, 256; 5, 722; 6, 678; Hor. S. 1, 3, 104:
dehinc audito legionum tumultu raptim profectus, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 34; 13, 35; 15, 36; Suet. Caes. 35:
post-positum,Tac. A. 4, 14; 13, 23; 13, 38:
quae postquam vates sic ore effatus amico est, Dona dehinc ... imperat ad naves ferri,Verg. A. 3, 464:
de qua dehinc dicam,Suet. Aug. 97; id. Ner. 19.—
2 In enumerations ( = deinde), then (rare, and, excepting once in Sall., not anteAug.):
arduum videtur res gestas scribere: primum quod ... dehinc quia, etc.,Sall. C. 3, 2;
so after primum,Verg. G. 3, 167;
after primo,Suet. Aug. 49 fin.:
incipiet putrescere, dehinc laxata ire in humorem ... tunc exsilient flumina, inde, etc.,Sen. Q. N. 3, 29.—Cf. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 229-232.