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Latin
Etymology
From dein (“thereafter”) + -ceps (“taking”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
deinceps (not comparable)
- in succession; successively
- hereafter; thereafter
Adjective
deinceps (genitive deincipis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- following; next (in succession)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
- In Apuleius, the form deincipitī is found, presumably by analogy with the declension of words with the suffix -ceps (“headed”).
References
- “deinceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deinceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deinceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- deinceps in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016