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hīc or hic

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hīc or hic f haec, n hōc or hoc (old, hōce, T.), gen. hūius (old, hūiusce, T., C.), plur. hī (hīsce, T.), f hae (old, haec, T., V.), n haec, gen. hōrum (hōrunc, T.—With the enclitic ne, usu. hicine; i. e. * hice-ne), pron dem.—Of that which is at hand; in space, this . . . here, this : hae fores, T.: hic locus: Quincti huius frater, of my client: hic paries, H.: quis homo hic est? H.—As subst: quid hic faciet, T.: pro his dicere: huius non faciam, sha'n't care that, T.—In time, this, the present, the current, the actual: hic dies, T.: tertium iam hunc annum regnans, Cs.: ad hoc tempus, till now, S.: hae quae me premunt aerumnae, S.: Hic tertius December, H.: hi ignavissumi homines, of the present day, S.—As subst: haec vituperare, the present time: si hoc non fuga est, what we are doing, L.—Of that which has just been described or named, this: quae haec est fabula? T.: hoc negotium, S.: his de causis: haec edicta: haec quae scripsi, S.: hoc timore adductus (i. e. huius rei timore), Cs.—As subst: hoc agam, will make it my business, T.: id egit Sestius, did so: pluris Hoc mihi eris, so much, H.: Nil me paeniteat huius patris, such, H.: laudabit haec Illius formam, tu huius contra, of the latter, T.: in his undis iactari: Occupat hic collem, cumbā sedet alter, O.— Of the principal subject of thought: tibi nuptiae haec sunt Cordi, T.: quidquid huius feci, have done in this affair, T.—In antithesis, of the principal, though not last-named subject, the former, the one: et mittentibus et missis laeta, nam et illis . . et hi (i. e. mittentes), L.: Mullum . . . lupos . . . illis (lupis) . . . his (mullis), H.—Of that which is about to be described or named, this, the following, the one: hoc quod sum dicturus: si haec condicio consulatūs data est, ut, etc.: documenta haec habeo, quod, etc., S.: Regibus hic mos est, ubi, etc., H.: his verbis epistulam misisse, N.—As subst: haec facere, ut habeas, etc., T.: Quanto melius hic qui, etc., H.: hoc modo locutum, S.: hoc facilius, quod, etc., Cs.—In antithesis: orator, non ille volgaris, sed hic excellens, etc.; cf. laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis, some . . . others, H.: Hic atque ille, one and another, H.: hic . . . hic, one . . . another, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, another, H.—Esp., this man, myself: Hunc hominem tradere, H.: hoc latus (i. e. meum), H. —With gen: mi hoc negoti dedere, ut, etc. (i. e. hoc negotium), T.: capit hoc consili: hoc tamen boni est, so much of good: hoc commodi est, quod, etc., there is this comfort.—With impers verb: Luciscit hoc iam, lo! how it grows light! T.—In the phrase, hoc est, that is, that is to say, namely, I mean: id Fannius societati, hoc est Roscio, debebat: ad nobilitatem, hoc est, ad suos transisse. —In the phrase, hoc erat, quod . . .? was it for this that . . .?: Hoc erat quod me per tela Eripis, ut? etc., V.

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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
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