proinde

Latin

Alternative forms

• proin (before consonants)

Etymology

Univerbation of prō +‎ inde.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

proinde (not comparable)

1. (in warnings, advising) so, for this reason, hence, therefore (sums up the previous argumentation)
2. (in comparison, with or without ut) (so) as; in the same manner, accordingly
3. (with quasi, often ironic) as if

Synonyms

• igitur

Descendants

• Old Spanish: porende
  • Spanish: por ende
• Old Galician-Portuguese: porende
  • Portuguese: porém

Further reading

• “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.