huc

See also: hūć

English

Noun

huc (plural hucs)

  1. Acronym of hydrologic unit code.

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Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From older hōc, adverb of hic. Confer same case with illūc for older illōc. See also hinc.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /huːk/
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Adverb

hūc (not comparable)

  1. here, to this place, hither
    Cur non illam huc transferri iubes?
    Why don't you command her to be brought hither?
    Huc venit puer ille.
    Here comes that boy.
  2. so far, to this point
  3. besides, additionally

Derived terms

References

  • huc in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • huc in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • huc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
    • all this means to say: omnia verba huc redeunt

Manx

Pronoun

huc (emphatic form hucsyn)

  1. 3rd person plural of hug
    to them
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