hic

See also: hić, hiç, and ніс

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: hick

Interjection

hic

1. An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.

   "This wine - hic! - tasted good."

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: хлъц (hlǎc), хълцук (hǎlcuk) Czech: škyt (cs) Dutch: hik (nl) German: hick (de), hicks (de) Ukrainian: ик (yk) Vietnamese: hic (vi), híc, hích (vi), hix, hức

See also

• hic et nunc
• hic jacet

Anagrams

• Ich, IHC, Chi., ICH, Ch'i, chi, ch'i, CIH, Chi, ich, CHI, HCI

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• hicu

Etymology

From Latin fīcus. Compare Megleno-Romanian ic, Spanish higo.

Noun

hic m (plural hits)

1. fig (tree) or fig (fruit)

Related terms

• hicã

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ik/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Latin hic est quaestio (here is the question).

Noun

hic m (uncountable)

1. snag, hitch, catch, kink, problem

   Voilà le hic. ― Here's the problem.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

hic

1. hic! (indicating a hiccup)

   Ce vin, hic ! est bon.

   This wine—hic!—tastes good.

Further reading

• “hic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Adverb

hic

1. here

Latin

Alternative forms

• īc (common misspelling)

Etymology 1

From older hec, from Proto-Italic *hoke, from *ho (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰo (“indeed”, emphatic clitic)) + *ke (from *ḱe (“here”, deictic particle)). Reconstructed forms with o are made likely by the Old Latin form hoi (“this”).

The feminine and neuter inflected forms were created in analogy to quī, quae, quod. In the Italic languages only Faliscan has a clear cognate inflected pronoun: hac (acc./abl. sg. f.). A petrified form may be present in the Umbrian word for "the same": eru-hu (abl. sg. m.), era-hunt ~ era-font (abl. sg. f.)^[1][2]

In Indo-European the first element is cognate with Sanskrit घ (gha) ~ ह (ha, intensifier), हि (hi, “surely, for”), Czech že (“that”, conjunction), Russian же (že, intensifying particle). The second element is cognate with Latin cis (“on this side”), ce-dō, Ancient Greek ἐ-κε-ῖνος (e-ke-înos, “that”), Old Irish cē (“here”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 (himma, “to this”). More at he, here.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hik/, [hɪk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ik/, [ik]
• Note: before a vowel, the original single final [k] is often but not always doubled by Classical and later poets by analogy with hoc

Adjective

hic (feminine haec, neuter hoc); first/second-declension adjective (hic-type)

1. this; these (in the plural)

   Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poetārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

   Hanc rem pūblicam salvam esse volumus.

   We wish this republic to be safe.

Pronoun

hic (feminine haec, neuter hoc); first/second-declension pronoun (hic-type)

1. this one; this (thing); these ones (in the plural); these (things); he, she, it

   Mitte hunc meā grātiā.

   Let him alone for my sake.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.420–421:

     “[...] Miserae hoc tamen ūnum / exsequere, Anna, mihī. [...].”

     [Dido speaks:] “Nevertheless, carry out this one [request], Anna, for [your] unfortunate [sister].”

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 15:

     Hōrum tē morī nēmō cōget, omnēs docēbunt; hōrum nēmō annōs tuōs conteret, suōs tibi contribuet; nūllīus ex hīs sermō perīculōsus erit, nūllīus amīcitia capitālis, nūllīus sūmptuōsa observātiō.

     No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; nothing from these conversations will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.777:

     hīs dea plācanda est

     With these [supplications] must the goddess be appeased

Declension

• In Medieval Latin pl. fem. hae through some vulgar form, *haeae, is replaced by hee.
• When combined with the interrogative clitic -ne, an i is restored at the end of the word: hicine, haecine, hocine, etc.

First/second-declension adjective (hic-type).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hic	haec	hoc		hī	hae	haec
Genitive	huius				hōrum	hārum	hōrum
Dative	huic				hīs
Accusative	hunc	hanc	hoc		hōs	hās	haec
Ablative	hōc	hāc	hōc		hīs

Usage notes

• This demonstrative adjective/pronoun is used to refer to a person or thing, or persons or things, near the speaker. It contrasts with ille (“that”), which refers to people or things far from the speaker and the listener, and iste (“this/that”), which refers to people or things near the listener.
• As Latin had no person pronouns specifically meaning "he", "she" or "it", any of ille, iste, hic or (most frequently) is could assume that function.
• In Vulgar Latin, phonetic changes tended to eliminate both the initial h and final c, leaving nothing but a bare vowel. Consequently, this demonstrative gradually disappeared and was replaced with iste, which originally meant "that (near you)". (This left only a two-term system of demonstratives in comparison with Latin's three-term system, but the gap was filled in some areas by pressing ipse into service as a middle demonstrative. Spanish, for example, has este (“this”) < Latin iste, ese (“that (near you)”) < Latin ipse, and aquel (“that (far from you and me)”) < Latin eccum ille.) This process was gradual, and the neuter form hoc survived the longest (it still survives, for example, in Catalan ho). Other forms sometimes survived in compound expressions, e.g. Portuguese agora (“now”) < Latin hāc hōrā.

Coordinate terms

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		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 dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

Derived terms

• h.e.
• hāc
• hīc
• hinc
• hūc

 

Etymology 2

From older heic, adverb (locative) from hic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiːk/, [hiːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ik/, [ik]

Adverb

hīc (not comparable)

1. here, in or at this place
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.16–17:

     hīc illius arma, hīc currus fuit

     Here [was] her armor, here was [her] chariot.
     (Juno kept these sacred objects in Carthage. See: Juno (mythology); Carthage.)

Coordinate terms

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		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 dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

Derived terms

• *ad hīcce
• ecce hīc
• *eccum hīc

Descendants

• >? Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ci
  • Neapolitan: ce
  • Sicilian: ci
• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: i
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: hi
  • Franco-Provençal: y
  • French: y
  • Occitan: i
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: i
  • Old Spanish: hi, y, ý
• Borrowings:
  • → Ido: hike

References

1. Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 285
2. • Jürgen Untermann, Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen, 3rd volume of Handbuch der italischen Dialekte, 2000, p. 229f.

Further reading

• “hic”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hic”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hic in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the visible world: haec omnia, quae videmus
    
  • the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine: haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
    
  • the present day: haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoria
    
  • (ambiguous) in our time; in our days: his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his (not nostris) diebus
    
  • according to the present custom, fashion: his moribus
    
  • twenty years ago: abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annis
    
  • those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus
    
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriae
    
  • here lies..: hic situs est...
    
  • that is the way of the world; such is life: haec est rerum humanarum condicio
    
  • the case is exactly similar (entirely different): eadem (longe alia) est huius rei ratio
    
  • what will be the issue, end, consequence of the matter: quorsum haec res cadet or evadet?
    
  • what am I to do with this fellow: quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?
    
  • these things have the same origin: haec ex eodem fonte fluunt, manant
    
  • the decision of the question rests with you: penes te arbitrium huius rei est
    
  • I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur
    
  • an idea strikes me: haec cogitatio subit animum
    
  • this is more plausible than true: haec speciosiora quam veriora sunt
    
  • a proof of this is that..: argumento huic rei est, quod
    
  • the history of our own times; contemporary history: memoria huius aetatis (horum temporum)
    
  • to answer to this effect: respondere in hanc sententiam
    
  • I said it in jest: haec iocatus sum, per iocum dixi
    
  • what follows has been translated into Latin from Plato's Phaedo: ex Platonis Phaedone haec in latinum conversa sunt
    
  • to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    
  • these are mere empty phrases: haec verba sunt (Ter. Phorm. 3. 2. 32)
    
  • we have no expression for that: huic rei deest apud nos vocabulum
    
  • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quid significat, sonat haec vox?
    
  • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    
  • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae notio or sententia subiecta est huic voci?
    
  • this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    
  • the book treats of friendship: hic liber est de amicitia (not agit) or hoc libro agitur de am.
    
  • Cicero says this somewhere: Cicero loco quodam haec dicit
    
  • the terms, contents of the letter are as follows: litterae in hanc sententiam or his verbis scriptae sunt
    
  • this fable teaches us (without nos): haec fabula docet
    
  • credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit
    
  • to ordain as punishment that..: hanc poenam constituere in aliquem, ut...
    
  • on these terms: his condicionibus
    
  • this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam
    
  • he spoke (very much) as follows: haec (fere) dixit
    
  • the tenor of his speech was this..: hanc in sententiam dixit
    
  • this is not the place to..: non est huius loci c. Inf.
    
  • this is not the place to..: non est hic locus, ut...
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque haec quidem de...
    
  • this much he said: haec (quidem) ille
    
  • this is very much what Cicero said: haec Ciceronis fere
    
  • this passage is obscure: hic (ille) locus obscurus est
    
  • what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)?
    
  • (ambiguous) in our time; in our days: his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his (not nostris) diebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    
  • (ambiguous) (great) advantage accrues to me from this: fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me
    
  • (ambiguous) I think that..: in hac sum sententia, ut...putem
    
  • (ambiguous) all agree on this point: omnes (uno ore) in hac re consentiunt
    
  • (ambiguous) when corn is as dear as it is: hac annona (Plaut. Trin. 2. 4. 83)
    
  • (ambiguous) I have a few words to say on this: mihi quaedam dicenda sunt de hac re
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Middle English

Pronoun

hic

1. Alternative form of I (“I”)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• hix

Etymology

Onomatopoeia, from the sobbing sound. Compare hức (“sob; hic”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hïk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hɨt̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hɨt̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: hích

Interjection

hic

1. (onomatopoeia) sob
2. (comics, Internet slang) dang; darn; aw man; man
3. (onomatopoeia) Synonym of hức (“hic”)