consequence Copy link Outline I. That which follows from any cause1. consĕcūtio2. consĕquens, tis, n. (only in pl. in this sense)3. consĕquentia (only in certain connexions4. exĭtus, ūs5. ēventum or ēventus, ūsII. A logical inference1. conclūsio, Cic.2. consĕquens, ntis, n.III. Importance • consequence: I. That which follows from any cause: 1. consĕcūtio: the mere withdrawal of pain has pleasure as a c., ipsa detractio molestiae c. affert voluptatis, Cic. 2. consĕquens, tis, n. (only in pl. in this sense): reason, by which (man) sees c.s, ratio, per quam consequentia cernit, Cic. 3. consĕquentia (only in certain connexions: the precise meaning being sequence or connexion): by c., per c., Quint.; per consequentias, Ulp. 4. exĭtus, ūs: v. issue. 5. ēventum or ēventus, ūs: to investigate the c.s of things rather than the causes, eventa rerum magis quam causas quaerere, Cic.: the c.s of crime, sceleris eventus ii qui sequuntur, Cic.: v. effect, result. Phr.: to know the c.s of anything, scire quae (ex aliqua re) eventura sint, Cic.: the c. of this is, ex his efficitur, consequitur: v. to follow: in c. of, ex, propter, prae (of a preventing cause): v. account of, on?; for. II. A logical inference: 1. conclūsio, Cic.: v. conclusion. 2. consĕquens, ntis, n.: when any c. (conclusion) is false, cum c. aliquod falsum sit, Cic. (Not consecutio, which signifies a particular kind of argument: Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73.) Phr.: when the c. is clear, quum id perspicuum est quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione, Cic. l. c. (in the same passage § 74, exitus is used of a logical conclusion, but not in formal sense). III. Importance: Phr.: it is of no c., nihil rēfert: it is of great c., magni interest; of very great c., maximi momenti: v. importance: (for constr. of interest see L. G. § 283): a thing of no c., res parva, lĕvis: v. trifling: a man of c., homo auctoritate praeditus (summa); homo illustris, potens, opibus florens: v. influential, important.