huc — Lewis & Short
huc (old form hoc, like illoc, istoc, adv.,
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.),I to this place, hither, = deu=ro.
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 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.