“here” in Latin

At this place, hic: hoc loco (at this place, on this spot): hac regione (in this neighborhood, hereabout). To be here, adesse: not to be here, abesse: to remain here, manere, remanere: here I am, en adsum! en ego! ecce me! here is the reason that, etc., en causa, cur, etc.: here and there, passim (in different places; here and there); nonnulla parte (with reference to a whole body of several members, of which in several places the assertion is true; ☞ Caes., B. C. 1, 46, and Herzog ad loc.): only here and there, by rarus; e.g., here and there are a few trees, rarae sunt arbores. If “here” is used in connection with a pronoun demonstrative, in Latin only the pronoun demonstrative is used; as, do you see this man here? videsne hunc virum?

In this thing, on this point, hac in re. ☞ (1) In dialogues, hic or ibi are used in the sense of “upon this;” e.g., hic Laelius dixit, Cic., Rep., 1, 30. So in, here we may see, etc. (= in this example, etc.), hic cognosci potest, etc.; “here you demand,” etc., hic tu (tabulas, etc.) desideras. (2) In a narrative after an explanation, enumeration, etc., “here” must be omitted in Latin; e.g., “here you have my reasons for returning, “habes reversionis causas: “here you have my opinion.” habetis, quid sentiam. (3) It is not right to translate “here and there” by hic illic; e.g., in such sentences as hic illic invenies, hic illic legitur, for aliquoties, compluribus in locis, interdum, etc. [Krebs.] (4) In English we now often use “here” after verbs of motion, for “hither;” we must be careful, however, to translate it in such cases by huc (e.g., huc reverti; huc in urbem commeare, etc.) or hunc in locum (e.g., reverti, Cic., Rep., 6, fin.); so, from here, hinc.

Here below, his in terris: hac in vita.