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.
CONSEQUENCE Copy link • CONSEQUENCEthe following of one thing after another, consecutio: consequentia (e.g., eventorum consequentia, Cic.). Of cause and effect, consecutio (the consequence, as effect; philosophical technical term): exitus (issue): eventus (effect): quod ex aliqua re evenit, evenit, or eventurum est, or quae ex aliqua, re eveniunt, evenerunt, eventura sunt (Auct., ad Her., 4, 55, near the beginning): consequences and circumstances, res consequentes et circumstantes: it is the unhappy consequence of etc., culpa est in aliqua re: vitium est alicujus rei (e.g., you maintain it to be the unhappy consequence of human error, in hominum vitiis ais esse culpam; Cic., N.D., 3, 31, near the beginning): it is the lamentable consequence of too great abundance, copiae vitium est (Quint., 10, 1, 62: Herzog., p. 110): to have such or such a consequence, consecutionem alicujus rei afferre: consequitur aliquid aliquam rem: manat aliquid ex re (of errors, sins, etc; e.g., peccata ex vitiis manant): what other consequence can result from the change of the camp, but etc.? castrorum mutatio quid habet, nisi etc.? (Caes., B.G., 2, 31, page, near the beginning): the natural consequence was that etc., id hujus modi erat, ut, etc.: the consequence of it was that, etc., aliquo factum est, ut, etc.: to have important consequences, magni esse momenti: to have bad consequences, male evenire: secus cadit res, ac speraverat aliquis: to have good consequences, bene evenire, for anybody, alicui evenire ex sententia: the consequences of anything last during one’s whole life, omnis vita perturbatur aliqua re (e.g., errore, inscientia (Vid: Cic., Fin., 1, 14, near the beginning): to judge of measures by their consequences, consilia eventis ponderare: to fear the consequences of anything, quorsum aliquid casurum, or evasurum, or erupturum sit, vereri: to dread the consequences, quorsum res eruptura sit, horrere: to calculate the consequences of anything, rationem habere alicujus rei (Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 13, Herzog): not to know the consequences of anything, *nescire ea, quae ex aliqua re eventura sunt (of consequences that will follow): not to know what the consequences of anything will be, *nescire quid ex aliqua re eventurum sit (of consequences that may follow): in consequence of, causa alicujus rei (e.g., timoris causa, Caes., B.C., 1, 33): ex (e.g., ex divitiis juventutem luxuria atque avaritia invasere, Sall., Cat., 12, 2): prae (of a preventive cause; after a negative; e.g., prae strepitu vix audiri): [Vid: “on account of,” under ACCOUNT.] Moment, importance; momentum, pondus; discrimen (weight, importance): to be of much consequence, magni momenti esse; magni referre: a matter of great consequence, res gravissima, or summa, or maxima: res magni momenti or discriminis: to be of consequence, auctoritate valere or posse (of persons); vim habere or exercere (of persons and things): of consequence (of things), gravis (opposed to levis, of no consequence): magnus: grandis: luculentus: a town of consequence, urbs magna, opulenta, florens: a state of consequence, civitas ampla et florens or gravis et opulenta (opposed to civitas exigua et infirma, of no consequence): to be a person of consequence, gravem personam sustinere: to suffer a loss of some consequence, magnam facere jacturam: to be of no consequence nullo esse numero: nullum numerum obtinere: nihil posse or valere (of persons): leve esse: nullius momenti esse (of things): that is of no consequence, *haec sunt levia or inania: that very thing is of great consequence, rnagni refert id ipsum: to know something of consequence, aliquid, quod referret, scire: it is of no consequence to me, mea minime refert: to think anything a matter of no consequence, aliquid parvi facere; aliquid in levi habere, in auctoritate gravis; auctoritate or dignitate praeditus, opibus or gratia florens (influential): vir illustris, nobilis, generis nobilitate clarus (by birth or rank): vir potens (by power): a man of no consequence, homo neque honore neque nomine illustris (Cic.); homo ignobilis, obscurus. [Vid: also, IMPORTANCE.] In logic (1), the last proposition of a syllogism, conclusio: complexio: (2), conclusion from premises, conclusio. Does not this consequence necessarily follow? satisne hoc conclusum videtur? I deny the consequence; or, that consequence does not follow, id inde effici nequit: id inde non conficitur or sequitur. If the premiss can not be dented, the consequence is necessary, si quod primum in connexo necessarium est, fit etiam quod consequitur necessarium (Cic.).