Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 794.hic on page 794
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hic, haec, hoc this
hic, haec, hoc is a Latin Pronoun that primarily means this.
Definitions for hic, haec, hoc
Wheelock's Latin
Pronoun
- 1
this; the latter; at times weakened to he, she, it, they
English derivatives:
ad hoc
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Pronoun
- 1
A person or thing present in fact or thought, (neut. also) an action or event occuring at the present time. (b) (neut., w. gen.; often w. depreciatory force) this amount, this much (of). (c) (neut. sg., w. gen.) the present point (in time, in one's age, etc.). (d) (impers.).
- 2
(masc. pl.) The people in this place; also, of this age; (neut. pl.) present conditions, conditions in this place, etc.
Adjective
- 1
(indicating a particular person or thing that is present in place, time, or thought) This. (b) (referring to the speaker or writer; also to parts of his body, his faculties, etc.). (c) (w. poss. adj.). (d) (referring to a person resident in the place in question, but not actually visible). (e) this kind of.
- 2
(a) Of the present day, contemporary. (b) of this place or regin, local. (c) of this (human) world, life, etc.
- 3
(a) (of time, events, etc., immediately preceding the present) This last, the recent. (b)(of time immediately ensuing) this next.
- 4
(indicating something that has just been mentioned or alluded to) This. (b) concerned with what has just been mentioned. (c) (contrasting something which has just been discussed with a more remote subject). (d) (resumptive after a rel. cl.).
- 5
(referring to what follows immediately). (b) (foll. by rel.). (c) (foll. by var. substantival or advl. cls.).
Sentences with hic, haec, hoc
Latin to English
Hic auctor est clārior quam ille.Compare This author is more famous than that one.
Haec illī auctōrī clārissimō nārrā ut in librō eius scrībantur.Compare Tell these things to that very famous author so that they may be written in his book.
Tyrannus arbitrātus est eōs duōs haec mala diū passūrōs esse.Compare The tyrant thought that those two men would endure these evils a long time.
Hic vir, quī turpia vitia sua superāvit, fortior est quam dux fortissimus.Compare This man, who has overcome his base faults, is braver than the very brave leader.
Hoc insulae dextra sunt navigantibus a continente. Compare These islands are on the right hand as you sail from the mainland.
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.Compare This used to be among my prayers - a portion of land not so very large, but which should contain a garden, and near the homestead a spring of ever-flowing water, and a bit of forest to complete it.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 794.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "hic, haec, hoc (pron.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/hic-haec-hoc.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 58.hic, haec, hoc on page 58
