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dĕin-ceps (dissyl., Hor. S. 2, 8, 80; but trisyl. Prud. Cath. 7, 136. Cf. dehinc and deinde), adj. and adv. capio. Prop., taking place next or after, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 591; cf.: particeps, princeps.
I. Adj. (gen. deincipis or deincipitis), following thereafter, next following: deinceps qui deinde cepit, ut princeps qui primum cepit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 2 Müll.; cf.: “deincipem antiqui dicebant proxime quemque captum ut principem primum captum,ib. 75, 4. So only: deincipiti die, Ap. Flor. no. 16, p. 353, 33.—
II. Adv., in a constant series, one after another, successively, in turn, = ἑξῆς or ἐφεξῆς (for syn. cf.: deinde, exinde, inde, indidem, post, postea, porro—freq. and good prose).
A. In space: “arboribus deinceps constitutis,Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: “his (saxis) collocatis et coagmentatis alius insuper ordo adicitur, etc.... sic deinceps omne opus contexitur,Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 25, 8: ea quae ἀκροστιχίς dicitur, cum deinceps ex primis versuum litteris aliquid conectitur, Cic. Div. 2, 54, 111; cf. id. de Or. 3, 47, 183: “prima ... ac deinceps,Sall. J. 19, 3.—
C. In order.
(α). With ordinals (rare): “septimus sum deinceps praetorius in gente nostra,the seventh in succession, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 15.—
(β). In denoting the successive parts of a discourse: “de justitia satis dictum est: deinceps, ut erat propositum, de beneficentia ac de liberalitate dicatur, i. e. ordine sic ferente,successively, in order, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 15, 52; 3, 2, 7.—
(γ). To indicate an immediate sequence: “si non ab eo, in quo proxime desitum, deinceps incipietur,id. Inv. 1, 20, 28; cf. id. Ac. 2, 14, 46: “annales Ennii ut deinceps legi possint,that they may be read on continuously, id. N. D. 2, 37, 93; Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14. In this use deinceps is often very nearly = deinde, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 31, 1 al.
2. In particular combinations.
b. Corresp. with primus: primum est officium, ut se conservet in naturae statu: “deinceps, ut ea teneat, quae, etc.,Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20; cf.: “principes sint patria et parentes ... proximi liberi totaque domus ... deinceps bene convenientes propinqui,id. Off. 1, 17, 58, and Tac. H. 1, 48.—
c. Hence, after enumerations, in phrases like Eng. and so forth: “ut prima (officia) diis immortalibus, secunda patriae, tertia parentibus, deinceps gradatim reliqua reliquis debeantur,and so on Cic. Off. 1, 45, 160; cf.: “nam et in prooemio primum est aliquid et secundum ac deinceps,Quint. 7, 10, 5; Tac. A. 1, 81; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64: “et deinceps, ac deinceps,and so forth, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6 al.
d. Perge deinceps, go on, Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 1: “gallinae villaticae sunt, quas deinceps rure habent in villis,continually, id. ib. 3, 9, 2; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 232-238.
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