huc Latin · revision 17860

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰe-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ An older form ''hōc'' “hither” is found in Plautus, Terence and some later authors.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)

+ With ''-ne'' it becomes ''hūcine''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ De Vaan explains it from ⟨*hoi-ke⟩, the old locative of [[hic]] “this” with the particle [[-ce]], or perhaps from ⟨*hou-ke⟩ (Nussbaum).^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The demonstrative goes back to a deictic stem [[ine-pro|*ǵʰe-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius on;^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''id tibi iam hūc afferam'', “I'll bring it here to you at once”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Hūc'' means “to this place, hither”, and in argument “to this point, to this subject”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) With verbs of adding it means “to this” (''hūc accēdit'' “add to this”), and it can mean “for this purpose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''Hūc illūc'' and ''hūc et illūc'' mean “this way and that, to and fro”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – First found in Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''hūc decem accēdant minae'', “add ten minae to this”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Found in Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''hūc accēdit summus timor'', “to this is added the greatest fear”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To this place, [[m|en|hither]], here.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To this point, to this subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with verbs of adding)'' To this;^(OLD 2012) ''hūc accēdit'', add to this.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To this end, for this purpose.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''hūc illūc'', ''hūc et illūc'', this way and that, to and fro.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hūcusque]]

+ * [[adhūc]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hic]]

+ * [[hinc]]

+ * [[illūc]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}