proinde

Latin

Alternative forms

proin (before consonants)

Etymology

Univerbation of prō +‎ inde.

Pronunciation

(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

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

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.

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