(adverb) : huc (old form hoc, like illoc, istoc, 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.)
* To this place, hither, = δεῦρο.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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, 4fin.: 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.
* Huc usque, or in one word, hucusque, hitherto, thus far (very rare): hucusque Sesostris exercitum duxit,Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 174.
* To this end, for this purpose (postclass.): rubrum quoque emplastrum, quod Ephesium vocatur, huc aptum est,Cels. 5, 19, 21.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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