huc

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., to this place, hither, = deuro.

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).—

C.

Huc illuc, huc atque illuc, huc et illuc, etc.; also: huc et illo and huc et huc, hither and thither:

ne cursem huc illuc via deterrima,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

velut salientes huc illuc,

Quint. 10, 7, 6:

dum huc illuc signa vertunt,

Liv. 7, 34, 9:

cum huc atque illuc signa transferrent,

id. 5, 8, 8:

huc atque illuc intuentem vagari,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

tum huc, tum illuc volant alites,

id. Div. 1, 53, 120; cf.:

volucres huc et illuc passim vagantes,

id. ib. 2, 38, 80; Cels. 2, 15:

huc illucque,

Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83 (Jan., ex illo):

huc illucve,

Cels. 6, 6, 36; 7, 3 al.:

ista sidera huc et illo diducet velocitas sua,

Sen. Ben. 5, 6 med.:

ut ora vertat huc et huc euntium Liberrima indignatio,

Hor. Epod. 4, 9.—

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.—

C.

Huc et illuc:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

huc et illuc rapit,

id. Off. 1, 28, 101:

verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 86; cf.:

dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc vel illuc impellitur,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31.—

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 [p. 869] 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.