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illic

illic

there

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 218 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. illic — de Vaan

illic 'there', illuc 'thither' (s.v. ille)9 istic [pron.adj.] 'that (of yours)', istinc 'from there', isttic 4to there' (s.v. iste\ sic 'thus' (swine), nunc 'now', tunc 'dien\ Archaic forms are ipsiusce [gen.sg. to ipse], cuiusce [gen.sg. to qui\. According to Watkins 1973b: 205, Marsian Latin ceip 'here' reflects *ke+i-p(e). Pit. *fe. It. cognates: Pael. ecuc9 O. ek(uk) , U. eso [nom.sg.f.], O. ekik, PaeL ecic … — [de Vaan, s.v. illic, p. 116]

2. illic — Lewis & Short

illic (archaic ollic, acc. to Paul. ex

Fest. p. 196 Müll.), illaec, illuc, or illoc,
I pron. [ille-ce].
I He, she, or it yonder, that (only ante-class.): sed Amphitruonis illic est servos Sosia, A portu illic nunc cum laterna huc advenit, Plaut. Am. prol. 148 sq.; id. ib. 1, 1, 138: nimis demiror, Sosia, Qui illaec (i. e. Alcumena) illi me donatum esse aurea patera sciat, id. ib. 2, 2, 134: cupio dare mercedem, qui illunc, ubi sit, commonstret mihi, id. Curc. 4, 4, 34: unde auscultare possis, quom ego illanc osculer, id. Cas. 1, 45: latuit intus illic in illac hirnea, id. Am. 1, 1, 275; cf.: quid illac impudente audacius? id. ib. 2, 2, 186: sed quid illuc est? id. ib. 1, 1, 114; cf. id. As. 2, 1, 17: illuc sis vide, id. Ps. 4, 1, 4: illuc est sapere? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12: cum illoc pacisce, si potes: perge obsecro: Pacisce quidvis, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 29 et saep.: ubi illic est scelus, qui me perdidit? that scoundrel, Ter. And. 3, 5, 1.—
B With the interrogative part. ne: illicine, etc.: Si. Illicine est? Ps. Illic ipsus est, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 44: illancine mulierem alere cum illa familia? Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 3.—
II Hence, advv.
A illac (sc. viā), that way, on that side, there: angiporto Illac per hortum circuit clam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152: ita nunc hac an illac eam, incerta sum consili, id. Rud. 1, 3, 31: hac atque illac perfluo, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25: hac illac circumcursa, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 1: omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia adfectos illac facere, stand on that side, belong to that party, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5.—
B illuc or illoc (the old form, like hoc for huc), adv., to that place, thither.
1 Lit.
(a) Form illuc: imus huc, illuc hinc; cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.): clam illuc redeundum est mihi, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29: cum illuc veneris, id. Merc. 3, 4, 64: paulo momento huc illuc impelli, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: huc illuc quasi vitabundi agitare, Sall. J. 60, 4: salientes huc illuc, Quint. 10, 7, 6; so, huc atque illuc intuens, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184: huc et illuc Cursitant mixtae pueris puellae, Hor. C. 4, 11, 9: illuc ex his vinculis, i. e. into the other world, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: proponimus illuc ire, ubi, etc., Juv. 3, 24: illuc, unde fugit mus, id. 6, 339. —
(b) Form illoc: post illoc veni quam, etc., Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 3: cum illoc advenio, Ter. And. 2, 2, 25 (dub.; Fleck. illo).—
2 Transf., to that person or thing, thereto (very rare): Pe. Illuc redi. Me. Quo redeam? Pe. Equidem ad phrygionem censeo, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 54: quo res haec pertinet? illuc: Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt, Hor. S. 1, 2, 23: illuc, unde abii, redeo: Nemon' ut avarus, etc., id. ib. 1, 1, 108; cf. ib. 1, 3, 38: illuc cuncta vergere, to Nero, Tac. A. 1, 3.—
b To that point, to such a pitch: tunc adversis urgentibus, illuc decidit ut malum ferro summitteret, Juv. 12, 53.

3. illic — Lewis & Short

illic (old form illi, adv.1. illic,

Verg. G. 1, 54; 1, 251; 3, 17 Rib.; cf. id. A. 2, 548; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36 Donat. ad loc.),
I in that place, yonder, there (most. freq. ante-class.).
I Lit.: haec illi vi pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. ib. 261; 1, 3, 36: illic sum atque hic sum, id. Trin. 4, 4, 17: sive illic sive alibi libebit, id. Men. 5, 2, 42: multo melius, hic quae fiunt, quam illic, ubi sum adsidue, scio, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20; so with ubi: vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia, Juv. 3, 197: illic, quicquid ero, semper tua dicar imago, Prop. 1, 19, 11; 13: cives Romani, qui illic negotiarentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 6: illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt, illic, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 3.—
II Transf., with that person or thing (very rare): non isto vivitur illic, Quo tu rere, modo, there, i. e. with him, with Mœcenas, Hor. S. 1, 9, 48: civile bellum a Vitellio coepit et ... initium illic fuit, Tac. H. 2, 47: hic, ubi opus est, non verentur: illic, ubi nihil opus est, ibi verentur, Ter. And. 4, 1, 14.—
B In that matter, therein: res publica et milite illic et pecunia vacet, i. e. in that war, Liv. 2, 48, 9: ego illi maxumam partem fero, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36: ego illic me autem sic adsimulabam quasi stolidum, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Quint. 1, 3, 4.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. illic (scan p. 116; entry #236).
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. illic (scan p. 333; entry #5264).

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