hinc Latin · revision 17822

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰe-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhɪŋk]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈiŋk]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hinc''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ The full form ''hince'' appears in an inscription.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It goes back to ⟨*him-ce⟩, a case form of the demonstrative [[hic]] “this” with the deictic particle ⟨-ce⟩, formed like [[illinc]] and [[istinc]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The demonstrative is built on a deictic stem [[ine-pro|*ǵʰe-]] with ⟨*-ḱe⟩ “here”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on:^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) ''abdūce mē hinc ab hāc'', “take me away from her”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Hinc'' means “from here, hence”, also of absence (''ille hinc abest'' “he is away from here”) and of the point from which a distance is measured (''hince sunt Nouceriam meilia LI'' “from here to Nuceria is 51 miles”, in an inscription).^(OLD 2012) In a sequence it means “next, after this”, and repeated (''hinc … hinc'') or with ''illinc'' “on this side … on that side”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ It names a source (“from this”, also of the material something is made from or the origin of a name), a cause (“hence, for this reason”) and an inference.^(OLD 2012) Of time it means “from now on, henceforth”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus: ''ille hinc abest quem ego amō''.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''īmus hūc, hinc illūc'', “we go here, and, from here there”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''hinc Tuscō claudimur amnī'', “on this side we are shut in by the Tuscan river”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # From this place, [[m|en|hence]], from here.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Away from here.^(OLD 2012)

+ # From here (of distance).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Next, after this.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''hinc … hinc'', ''hinc … illinc'', on this side … on that side;^(OLD 2012) ''hinc et hinc'', on each side.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # From this (source or material).^(OLD 2012)

+ # For this reason, hence;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from this (as an inference).^(OLD 2012)

+ # From now on, [[m|en|henceforth]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abhinc]]

+ * [[dehinc]]

+ * [[exhinc]]

+ * [[prohinc]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hic]]

+ * [[hūc]]

+ * [[illinc]]

+ * [[inde]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}