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(adverb) : istic (old form isti, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28 Brix ad loc.; id. Ep. 5, 2, 56; Verg. A. 2, 661; 10, 557 Rib.), for isti-ce
* There, in that place, here.
* Lit., of place: cave cuiquam indicassis aurum meum esse istic,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 1: Heus! vos pueri! Quid istic agitis?id. Most. 4, 2, 30: quid istic habitat,id. Cist. 2, 3, 55: intellego te re istic prodesse: hic ne verbo quidem levare me posse,Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3: ibi malis esse ... quam istic ubi, etc.,id. Fam. 1, 10; 7, 13, 2; 14, 14, 2: istic nunc metuende jace,Verg. A. 10, 557; Liv. 7, 40 fin.: quid istic tibi negoti est?Ter. And. 5, 2, 8: tu istic mane,id. Eun. 5, 2, 70.
* Transf., herein, i. e. in this affair, on this occasion: neque istic, neque alibi,Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: Ausculta. Phi. Istic sum, id. Hec. 1, 2, 39: istic sum, inquit, exspectoque quid respondeas,I am listening,Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78 fin.: rem publicam ut vos istic expedistis, ita, pro nostrā parte, etc., i. e. on that side, on your side, Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4.
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istic (not isthic), aec, oc, and uc
* Pron. demonstr. [for iste-ce; v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 211 sqq.], this same, this, the very (person or thing).
* In gen.
* Substantively: isne istic fuit, quem vendidisti?Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 10: quid istic narrat,Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 6; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 18.
* Esp., with the demonstr. particle ce, and in interrogations cine: istucine interminata sum hinc abiens tibi?Ter. Eun. 5. 1, 14; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 58: istocine pacto me adjutas?id. ib. 1, 1, 81: istaece ridicularia,id. Truc. 3, 2, 16.—Hence
* Esp., in neutr. sing. and plur.: si istuc ita est,Varr. R. R. 1, 2: istuc quidem considerabo,Cic. Ac. 1, 4: ergo istoc magis, quia vanilocu's, vapulabis,so much the more,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 222: istoc vilius,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 24: dicitur, quidem, istuc, inquit, a Cotta,Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8: istuc fractum,id. Pis. 26, 62: non posse istaec sic abire,id. Att. 14, 1.—With gen.: quid istuc est verbi?Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 32: istuc aeta tis homo,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 1.
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