illuc
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Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Said by Lewis & Short to come from pre-Classical illōc (“thither, to there”), but an Old ō > Classical ū sound change would be highly unusual. Compare hūc and hōc. See also illinc.
Adverb[edit]
illūc (not comparable)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
illuc
- nominative neuter singular of illic
- c. 190–185, Plautus, Amphitryon 270:
- Sed quid illuc est? Caelum aspectat. Observabo quam rem agat.
- But what is that? He's gazing at the sky. I'm going to watch what he does.
- Sed quid illuc est? Caelum aspectat. Observabo quam rem agat.
- accusative neuter singular of illic
References[edit]
- illuc in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illuc in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- illuc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
Old French[edit]
Adverb[edit]
illuc
- Alternative form of iluec