hac-tĕnus — Lewis & Short
hac-tĕnus (a strengthened archaic form, hacĕtĕnus, acc. to Mar. Victor. p. 2457 P.—Separated
I per tmesin, Verg. A. 5, 603; 6, 62; Ov. M. 5, 642), adv. hic- tenus; lit., as far as to this side; hence, to indicate a limit, so far, thus far (cf. hucusque).
I In space.
A Lit. (very rare), to this place, thus far:
hactenus summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,Ov. M. 13, 700:
hactenus dominum est illa secuta suum,id. Tr. 1, 10, 22; id. Am. 2, 11, 16; cf.:
hactenus in occidentem Germaniam novimus,Tac. G. 35 init.:
hac Trojana tenus fuerit fortuna secuta,Verg. A. 6, 62.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. freq. in Cic.),
B Transf., to indicate the limit of a discourse or of an extract, thus far, to this point, no further than this:
hactenus mihi videor de amicitia quid sentirem potuisse dicere,Cic. Lael. 7, 24:
hactenus admirabor corum tarditatem, qui, etc.,id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:
hactenus fuit, quod caute a me scribi posset,id. Att. 11, 4, 2:
externae arbores hactenus fere sunt,Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 1; cf. id. 14, 3, 4, § 36:
sed me hactenus cedentem nemo insequatur ultra,Quint. 12, 10, 47:
verum hactenus evagari satis fuerit,id. 2, 4, 32;
so after a quotation: hactenus Trogus,Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276:
hactenus Varro,id. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—
b In this sense usually ellipt., esp. as a formula of transition:
sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus: reliqua differamus in crastinum,thus far for to-day, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 4 fin.: ergo haec quoque hactenus:
redeo ad urbana,id. Att. 5, 13, 2: sed haec hactenus: nunc, etc., so much for this (very freq.), id. Div. 2, 24, 53; id. Lael. 15, 55; id. Att. 13, 21, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 30 et saep.:
haec hactenus,Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:
sed de hoc loco plura in aliis: nunc hactenus,id. Div. 2, 36, 76:
hactenus haec,Hor. S. 1, 4, 63:
sed hactenus, praesertim, etc.,Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1; so,
sed hactenus,id. ib. 9, 7, 3; 13, 9, 1; 14, 17, 2; Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46:
de litteris hactenus,Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 3; 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 1 al.:
hactenus de soloecismo,Quint. 1, 5, 54:
hactenus ergo de studiis ... proximus liber, etc.,id. 1, 12, 19:
hactenus de poëtis,Lact. 1, 5, 15:
hactenus de mundo,Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102; 15, 8, 8, § 34:
hactenus, et pariter vitam cum sanguine fudit,Ov. M. 2, 610:
hactenus et gemuit,id. ib. 10, 423:
hactenus: ut vivo subiit,id. F. 5, 661:
hactenus Aeacides,id. M. 12, 82; 14, 512.—
II In time, to indicate a limit, up to this time, thus far, so long, till now, hitherto, no longer than this (poet. and post-Aug.):
hactenus quietae utrimque stationes fuere: postquam, etc.,Liv. 7, 26, 6:
hactenus pro libertate, mox de finibus pugnatum est,Flor. 1, 11, 5; Ov. M. 5, 250:
hac celebrata tenus sancto certamina patri,Verg. A. 5, 603; 11, 823:
dispecta est et Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems abdebat,Tac. Agr. 10; id. A. 13, 47.—
III In extent.
A Absol., opp. to more, to this extent, so much, only so much, only (very rare, and not anteAug.):
Burrum sciscitanti hactenus respondisse: ego me bene habeo,Tac. A. 14, 51;
so ellipt.,Suet. Dom. 16.—Far more freq. and class.,
B Relat., like eatenus, to this extent that, so much as, so far as, as far as;
corresp. with quatenus, quoad, quod, si, ut (so most freq.), ne: hactenus non vertit (in rem), quatenus domino debet: quod excedit, vertit,Dig. 15, 3, 10, § 7:
hactenus existimo nostram consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior ab homine amicissimo fieres iis de rebus, etc.,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:
patrem familiae hactenus ago, quod aliquam partem praediorum percurro,Plin. Ep. 9, 15, 3: meritoria officia sunt;
hactenus utilia, si praeparant ingenium, non detinent,Sen. Ep. 88.—With ut:
haec artem quidem et praecepta duntaxat hactenus requirunt, ut certis dicendi luminibus ornentur,Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119; id. Div. 1, 8, 13; Hor. S. 1, 2, 123; Ov. H. 15, 156.—With ne:
curandus autem hactenus, ne quid ad senatum, etc.,Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 3; Tac. A. 14, 7; cf.:
(eum) interficere constituit, hactenus consultans, veneno an ferro vel qua alia vi,id. ib. 14, 3 init.