I.forward, onward, farther on, to a distance, at a distance, after off, far.
I. Lit., in space, with verbs both of motion and of rest (rare and mostly anteclass.), Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 18: “porro agere armentum,” Liv. 1, 7, 6: “ire,” id. 9, 2.—So ellipt.: porro Quirites, on! hither! ye Romans! Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7; Tert. adv. Val. 13 (al. proh).—With verbs of rest: “habitare,” Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: “inscius Aeneas, quae sint ea flumina porro,” Verg. A. 6, 711: “campi deinde porro,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 18.—
II. Transf.
A. In time.
1. Of old, aforetime, formerly (very rare): “altera (Nympha), quod porro fuerat, cecinisse putatur,” Ov. F. 1, 635.—
2. Henceforth, hereafter, afterwards, in future: me sollicitum habitum esse atque porro fore, Cato ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 36: “quid in animo Celtiberi haberent aut porro habituri essent,” Liv. 40, 36: “fac, eadem ut sis porro,” Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 44: “move ocius te, ut, quid agam, porro intellegas,” id. And. 4, 3, 16: dehinc ut quiescant porro moneo, id. ib. prol. 22: “hinc maxima porro Accepit Roma, et patrium servavit honorem,” in aftertimes, Verg. A. 5, 600.—
B. In a series.
1. In gen., again, in turn, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 25: “saepe audivi a majoribus natu, qui se porro pueros a senibus audisse dicebant,” Cic. Sen. 13, 43; Liv. 27, 51.—
2. In partic., in discourse.
a. In the progress of an argument, or in a sequence of ideas, then, next, furthermore, moreover, besides: “sequitur porro, nihil deos ignorare,” Cic. Div. 2, 51, 105; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; id. Rep. 1, 17, 26: “age porro, tu, qui, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56; id. Mil. 9, 25: “Habonium porro intellegebat rem totam esse patefacturum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149; Juv. 6, 240; 3, 126: “porro autem anxius erat, quid facto opus esset,” Sall. C. 46, 2: “quid fit deinde? porro loquere,” say on, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 69: “porro dicere,” id. Curc. 3, 83.—
b. Then, on the other hand, but: “porro erant qui censerent,” Caes. B. C. 2, 30: “porro si in digito Dei eicio daemonas,” Vulg. Luc. 11, 10 (but the true read., Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78, is paene).