different between ergo vs hence

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergo.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)???

Adverb

ergo (not comparable)

1. Consequently, therefore, or thus.
   • 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean:

     The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.

Translations

Conjunction

ergo

1. therefore (especially in syllogisms)

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?/

Noun

ergo (plural ergos)

1. (rowing, slang) An ergometer (rowing machine).

Etymology 3

Clipping of ergonomic

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?/

Noun

ergo (plural ergos)

1. (informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic.

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Ogre, Rego, gero-, goer, gore, ogre, orge, rego, roge

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????o/

Adverb

ergo

1. ergo

Further reading

• “ergo” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.?o/

Etymology 1

From Latin erg?.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ergere

Further reading

• ergo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• egro, orge

Latin

Alternative forms

• ergo (poetic)

Etymology

Equivalent to an adverbial derivation from *?reg?, presumably ex- +? reg?, with sense similar to cognate perg? (“I proceed”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten; right”). See also erg?. Compare with the adverbial use of ? regi?ne (“directly, against”), with the same elements.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er.?o?/, [??r?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?er.?o/, [??r??]

Conjunction

erg?

1. therefore, because, hence, consequently, thus
   • 1637, René Descartes' Discourse on the Method

     Cogito, ergo sum.

     I think, therefore I am.

Derived terms

• dicis erg?

Adverb

erg? (not comparable)

1. consequently, therefore
2. accordingly, then

Descendants

References

• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ergo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r???/

Adverb

ergo

1. (Late Middle English) thus, consequently, ergo

Descendants

• English: ergo

References

• “erg?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin erg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.??/

Conjunction

ergo

1. (rare, literary) therefore, thus

   Synonyms: przeto, tote?, wi?c, zatem

Further reading

• ergo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ergo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: er?go

Etymology 1

From Latin erg?.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ergo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of erguer

Usage notes

ergo as a verb has a closed sound in comparison with the conjunction.

Further reading

• “ergo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ergo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ergo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “ergo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin erg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??o/, [?e?.??o]

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

Further reading

• “ergo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ergo.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

English

Etymology

A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-.

Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adverb

hence (not comparable)

1. (archaic) from here, from this place, away

   I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.

   Get thee hence, Satan!

   • 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 4, Scene 1:

     O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence:
2. (archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world

   After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.

3. (of a length of time) in the future from now

   A year hence it will be forgotten.

   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene i^[2]:

     […] And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.

4. (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason

   I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.

   The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.

   • 1910, Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8:

     Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

   • 1910, [1513], Niccolò Machiavelli, Ninian Hill Thomson (translator), The Prince, Chapter VI:

     Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

   • 1731 May 27, Benjamin Franklin, Apology for Printers, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette:

     That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;

Synonyms

• (from this place): herefrom
• (as a result; therefore, for this reason): consequently

Antonyms

• hither

Derived terms

Related terms

• whence
• thence

Translations

Interjection

hence

1. (obsolete) Go away! Begone!

   "...Hence! and bestow your dead

   Where no wrong against him cries!"

   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2:

     MIRANDA: Beseech you, father——

     PROSPERO: Hence! Hang not on my garments.

Anagrams

• Neche