Italian

Adverb

quindi

1. (archaic, literary) thence, from there
2. (dated) then, afterwards, thenceforth
3. therefore, hence, thus
4. (archaic, used in correlation with quinci) that way, to another side (as opposed a different one)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (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, I Trionfi, (1821), “Trionfo d'amore” - 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.

Synonyms

• (2): dopo, dopodiché, dunque, poi, successivamente; (archaic): poscia
• (3): di conseguenza, dunque, perciò, pertanto, allora; (archaic): poscia, quinci

Conjunction

quindi

1. so

Synonyms

• perciò, pertanto, dunque

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951