illinc

Forms

illinc (not comparable)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from illim (“from there”) with the particle -ce, like hinc and istinc.^[2][3][1] ⟨Illim⟩ belongs to the pronoun ille (“that”), which de Vaan says replaced older olle.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

De Vaan's first author is Naevius, in a verse about people coming out (illinc exībant).^[4][2]

Semantic evolution

It is “from there”, of place, as in Plautus and Terence, and “from that source”, as Accius' custom handed down from there.^[2][3] Seneca uses it of time, “from then on”.^[2] In pairs hinc … illinc is “on this side … on that”: Cicero sets modesty on one side and wantonness on the other.^[2]

Timeline

• c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of place.^[4][2][5]
• 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a source.^[2][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero in hinc … illinc.^[2][5]
• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of time.^[2][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. From there, thence.^[2][1]
2. From that source or quarter.^[2]
3. From that time.^[2]
4. hinc … illinc: on one side … on the other, (also) there, on that side.^[2][1]

Related words

• ille
• illīc
• illūc
• hinc
• istinc

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de