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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum hince, the latter element a variant of Latin hinc (“hence, from here”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
quinci (obsolete)
- hence, from here
- henceforth
- (figurative) thus, therefore
- (in correlation with quindi) this way, to one side (as opposed to another one)
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XII, p. 184 vv. 106-108:[...] così s'allenta la ripa che cade ¶ quivi ben ratta da l'altro girone; ¶ ma quinci e quindi l'alta pietra rade.- e'en thus attempered is the bank which falls ¶ sheer downward from the second circle there; ¶ but on this side and that the high rock graze.
1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo d'amore”, in I Trionfi, published 1821, Chapter II, p. 146:Stanco già di mirar, non sazio ancora ¶ or quinci or quindi mi volgea, guardando ¶ cose ch'a ricordarle è breve l'ora.- Weary with gazing, yet unsatisfied, ¶ I turned now this way and now that, and saw ¶ sights time will not suffice me to relate.
1838, Giacomo Leopardi, A Silvia:Mirava il ciel sereno, ¶ Le vie dorate e gli orti, ¶ E quinci il mar da lungi, e quindi il monte.- I gazed at the serene sky, ¶ the golden streets and the gardens, ¶ and the distant sea on one side, and the hill on the other.