illic

Latin

Etymology 1

From ille (“that, yon”) +‎ -ce (“here/there”). Compare istic, hic and hice.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪlˈlɪk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ilˈlik]

Pronoun

illic (feminine illaec, neuter illuc or illucce or illoc); demonstrative pronoun

1. yon, that, that over there (3rd person demonstrative pronoun of distance)
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 623:

     Eho dic mihi, quis illic igitur est?

     Hey? Tell me, who is he then?

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	illic	illaec	illuc illucce illoc		illīsce	illaec
genitive	illī̆usce				*illōrunc	*illārunc	*illōrunc
dative	illīc				illīsce
accusative	illunc	illanc	illuc illucce illoc		illōsce	illāsce	illaec
ablative	illōc	illāc	illōc		illīsce
vocative	—				—

• These 'reinforced' forms of ille were used particularly in Early Latin authors such as Plautus. The forms seen in this context include the nominatives (illic / illaec / illuc), the accusative singulars (illunc / illanc, attested alongside unreinforced illum / illam), and the ablative singulars (illōc / illāc). Forms ending in -ce seem to have belonged to a more archaic period, though note that phonotactic restrictions would prevent final -sce from being contracted to **-sc. The genitive singular illīusce appears in an old ritual transmitted by Cato; the dative/ablative plural illīsce is attested in Cato, and also (before vowels only) in Plautus; the masculine accusative plural illōsce and feminine accusative plural illāsce are attested by Manius Manilius and Varro. Note also that illucce (illud + -ce) is attested for the neuter nominative singular, and influence from hoc also lead to illoc. The genitive plural is not attested, but the analogous forms would be *illōrunc / *illārunc (from unreinforced illōrum / illārum + -ce).
• Based in part on hypotheses about the role of accent in Old Latin comic meter, W. M. Lindsay argues that for Plautus, both illī and illīc could be used either as a dative demonstrative pronoun or as an adverb. However, extant manuscripts of Plautus's plays largely adhere to the norm of using illī for the dative demonstrative and illīc for the adverb (as in Classical Latin), which Lindsay assumes is the result of scribes altering the original spelling. Cases where the form illī was originally used for the adverb can be securely determined in some circumstances where the meter requires elision (as in Plautus Menaechmi 308 or Plautus Captivi 278); cases where the form illīc was originally used for the dative pronoun are harder to confirm, since it can be difficult to rule out the alternative option of hiatus after illī.

Derived terms

• illāc
• illīc
• illūc

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque	°quāquam	nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Etymology 2

From the lost locative neuter singular of the above pronoun, compare hīc and istīc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪlˈliːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ilˈlik]

Adverb

illīc (not comparable)

1. in that place, yonder, there

   Synonym: ibi

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque	°quāquam	nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

• Aragonese: allí
• Asturian: ellí
• Catalan: allí
• Extremaduran: allí
• French: li-aives (Burgundy, rare and dialectal, from illic abeas)
• Galician: alí
• Italian: lì
• Leonese: eillí
• Mirandese: alhi
• Portuguese: ali
• Spanish: allí

Further reading

• “illic” in volume 7, part 1, column 370, line 10 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• “illic”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “illic”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• illic in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for schools and colleges founded on comparative grammar, 1903, page 67.