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huc (old form hoc , like illoc, istoc, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 19; id. Truc. 2, 2, 27 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 48; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 5; Cic. Brut. 11, 10, 3; Nep. Phoc. 3, 3; Verg. A. 8, 423; Petr. 39; Inscr. Orell. 4394; 4471; 4814; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. l. l.), adv.,
I.to this place, hither, = δεῦρο.
I. Lit.: imus huc, illuc hinc: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.): “huc illinc venire,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 39: “jam huc adveniet miles,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 44: “pater huc me misit ad vos oratum meus,id. Am. prol. 20: “quin huc ad vos venire propero?Cic. Rep. 6, 15: “hinc profecti huc revertuntur,id. ib. 6, 13 fin.: “huc raro in urbem commeat,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100: “te huc foras seduxi,Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14: “huc est intro latus lectus,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30: “huc huc convenite,Petr. 23: “huc mecum, Epidauria proles, huc, alti gaudens,Stat. S. 1, 4, 62: “locus erat castrorum editus, huc magno cursu contenderunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 21, 4: “ubi arma esse sciam, huc veniam,Liv. 35, 19, 4: “sic inde huc omnes currunt,Juv. 3, 308.—Pregn., with verbs expressing state or action after motion (poet.): “huc ades, o formose puer,Verg. E. 2, 45; 7, 9; 9, 39: “huc ager ille malus dulcesque a fontibus undae ad plenum calcentur,id. G. 2, 243; Stat. Th. 4, 54; id. S. 1, 3, 72: “sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf.: “huc propius me vos ordine adite,Hor. S. 2, 3, 80; Tib. 1, 7, 49.—
B. With gen.: “mulier ex Andro commigravit huc viciniae,into this neighborhood, Ter. And. 1, 1, 43 Fleck., Umpfenbach (dub.; cf. Non. p. 499; Prisc. II. p. 187; Hand, Turs. III. p. 107; cf. II. B. infra).—
D. Huc usque, or in one word, hucusque, hitherto, thus far (very rare): “hucusque Sesostris exercitum duxit,Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 174.—
II. Transf., in non-local relations, hither, to this, to these, to this point, so far: “ut haec multo ante meditere, huc te pares, haec cogites, ad haec te exerceas,Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9: “accedat huc suavitas quaedam oportet sermonis,Cic. Lael. 18, 66; so freq., huc accedit, etc.; “v. accedo: Massilienses naves longas expediunt numero XVII. Multa huc minora navigia addunt,add to these, Caes. B. C. 1, 56, 1; so freq., adde huc; “v. addo: legiones effecerat civium Romanorum IX., etc ... Huc Dardanos, etc., adjecerat,id. ib. 3, 4 fin.: “huc natas adice septem,Ov. M. 6, 182: “huc pertinet nobile apud Graecos volumen Heraclidis,Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175 et saep.—Hence, like eo, followed by ut with subj.: “huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsum, ut, etc.,Cic. Cael. 20, 47; cf.: “rem huc deduxi, ut, etc.,id. Cat. 2, 2, 4: “huc flexit, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 4, 41: “rem Romanam huc satietate gloriae provectam, ut, etc.,id. ib. 12, 11: “huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,id. H. 3, 13.—
B. So, like eo, with gen.: “huc arrogantiae venerat, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 3, 73: “huc deductum necessitatis, ut, etc.,Val. Max. 8, 1 ext. 6; cf. above, I. B.—
D. Huc usque or hucusque, to such an extent, to such a point or pitch (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 530 sq.): “mirum esset profecto, hucusque profectam credulitatem antiquorum,Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 20: “exercitum duxit,id. 6, 29, 34, § 174: “simulatio hucusque procedit ut, etc.,Quint. 5, 13, 22.—
E. With the demonstr. ce, and the interrog part. ne, hucine? hitherto? to this? so far? hucine tandem omnia reciderunt, ut civis Romanus virgis caederetur? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163: “hucine. Micipsa pater, beneficia tua evasere,Sall. J. 14, 9.—And with gen.: “hucine rerum Venimus?Pers. 3, 15. —
F. To this end, for this purpose (postclass.): “rubrum quoque emplastrum, quod Ephesium vocatur, huc aptum est,Cels. 5, 19, 21.
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