Protinus, pen. cor. Aduerbium. Virg.By & by: quickly: forthwith: without taying.In cinere lixiuio tingunt protinus qum detraxere vitibus. Plini. By and by, as soone as they haue pulled them from the vines.Rogo te vt Romam protinus pergas.Cic. Protinus, pro etiam. Traxerar ex firmitate mentis magnam protinus & in membra constantiam. Quint. By the stablenesse ofhis minde he gathered also, &c. Protinus, pro deinde. Protinus aerij mellis cœlestia dona Exequar. Vir. Then next after I wil, &c. Protinus, pro immediatè. vt, Parui refert protinus libertus patrono cogatur dare, an per interposirã sideiiussoris vel rei personam. Vlp. It maketh no great matter whether the late seruaunt be constrained immediatelye to giue to his maister, &c. Protinus.At the very beginning: euen firste of all: at the first chop: at % first time. vt, Alique febres protinus colore incipiunt. Celsus. Some feners by and by at the firste beginnrth, &c. Lacu protinus stagnante. Plin. Id est, iugiter & continuè. Mos erat Hesperio in Latio, quem protinus vrbes Albanæ coluere sacrum. Virg Which the cities of Alba did alway keepe holy. Tartaream intendit vocem, qua protinus omne Contremuit nemus.Virg.Wherewith the whole woode did tremble and shake a farre off. Quando autem huic aduerbio additur negatio, significat Non ideo: quemadmodum non fit Continuò & Statim.Quin. Nec protinus non est materia theto rices, si in eadem versatur & alius. It is not therefore a sufficient cause why it shoulde not be the matter of Rhetorike, &c. Continuò mecum exercitum protinus abducam.Plaut. Protinus, pro codem. tempore. Protinus Arcadiæ gelidos inuisere sines. Virg.And at the same time, &c.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prō-tĭnus (less properly prō-tĕnus), adv. [tenus], before one's self, forward, farther on, onward.I.Lit. (rare but class.; syn.: statim, continuo, actutum): praecepisse, ut pergeret protinus, quid retro atque a tergo fieret, ne laboraret, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: ipse capellas Protinus aeger ago, drive along before me, Verg. E. 1, 13: quā (voce) protinus omne Contremuit nemus,
far and wide
, id. A. 7, 513.—II.Transf.A.Right on, continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly (rare; not in Cic.). 1. In space, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 19: trans Lygios Gothones regnantur ... protinus deinde ab Oceano Rugii et Lemovii, Tac. G. 43 fin.: summa (vertebra) protinus caput sustinet, Cels. 8, 1.—2. In time or order: post ad oppidum hoc vetus continuo mecum exercitum protinus obducam, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13; Sisenn. ap. Non. 376, 28; Tubero, ib. 376, 32: protinus ut moneam, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67: trajecto missa lacerto Protinus hasta fugit servatque cruenta tenorem, Verg. A. 10, 340; id. G. 4, 1: felix si protinus illum Aequasset nocti ludum, id. A. 9, 337.—B.Forthwith, immediately, directly, from the very first, instantly, on the spot (class.; but rare in prose until post-Aug. per.): oratio protinus perficiens auditorem benevolum,
at the very outset
, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20: hostes protinus ex eo loco ad flumen contenderunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: tu protinus unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos, Hor. S. 2, 5, 21.—With a negative: non protinus,
not immediately
, Quint. 10, 1, 3.—With ex or ab, immediately or directly after: ex fugā protinus auxilia discesserunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 17: protinus ab ipsā curatione, Cels. 7, 26, 5: a partu, Plin. 20, 21, 84, 226: ab adoptione, Vell. 2, 104, 3; cf.: protinus post cibum, Cels. 7, 26, 26.—With ut, quam, atque, as soon as, as soon as ever; with ut: protinus ut percussus est aliquis, Cels. 5, 26, 26; Val. Max. 5, 4, 4; Quint. 1, 1, 3.—With quam, Plin. 10, 28, 40, 75 (al. quā); 15, 17, 18, 67.—With atque, Sol. 46 fin.—Prov.: Protinus ad censum, de moribus ultima flet quaestio, Juv. 3, 140.