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.