hac Latin · revision 30975

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈhak]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈak]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine ablative singular of [[m|la|hic|t=this]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨hic⟩ to [[itc-pro|*χo]] and the demonstrative stem [[ine-pro|*ǵʰe-|t=this]] with the particle [[ine-pro|*-ḱe|t=here]]; the stem is also in [[xfa|hac|t=this]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008) In the ''Amphitruo'' ''sequere hāc mē modo'', “just follow me this way”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “this way, by this route”, and ''hāc … illāc'' is “this way … that way”.^(OLD 2012) Plautus also uses it of manner, “in this way”.^(OLD 2012) It means “on this side”: in Ennius' ''Annals'' Jupiter now stands on this side.^(OLD 2012) The phrase ''hāc rē'' is “for this reason”.^(TLL)

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+ Church Latin has it as “here, in this way, by this side”, and ''hāc illāc'' as “here and there”.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in [[m|la|hāctenus|t=thus far]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of direction and manner.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius in the sense “on this side”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # This way, by this route;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''hāc … illāc'', this way … that way.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In this way, thus.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # On this side.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hāctenus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hic]]

+ * [[illāc]]

+ * [[istāc]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}