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“hitherto” in Latin
adhūcso far, thus far, hitherto, still, yet; to this place; again; furthermore; moreover; besides (used in scholastic debateshāctenusthus far, so far, as far as this.; to this point (but no further).; thus far, hitherto, to this moment, until now.faberartisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith, carpenternōndumnot yet
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hitherto
(a) (a) Up to this time, adhuc: adhuc usque, ad hoc tempus: ad hunc diem (up to the present point of time in which the speaker lives): (usque) ad id or illud tempus: ad id loci or ad id locorum (up to that point when past circumstances are spoken of; respecting ad id loci, Vid: Fabri, Sall., Jug., 63, 6). Not... hitherto, nondum: adhuc non (the latter form opposes the present to the future emphatically; the verb will be in the present, perfect, definite, or future. If a past time is referred to, ad id tempus is used: ☞ non adhuc is not, as some assert, unclassical, Krebs; ☞ Pr., Intr., ii. 340). And not... hitherto; nor... hitherto, necdum, neque dum: neque adhuc (the latter if there is the marked opposition between present and future, as pointed out above; ☞ seldom et nondum). Nobody... hitherto, nemo adhuc or adhuc nemo: no... hitherto, nullusdum: nullus adhuc: nothing... hitherto, nihildum: nihil adhuc or adhuc nihil [Vid: authorities in Krebs, adhuc]. [Vid: YET.] ☞ Hactenus, “up to this point,” “so far,” is never “up to this time,” in Cic. or Caes., ; but Livy uses it in this sense [e.g., 7, 26, 6]; so, also, Ov., It is, however, classical and common in such a passage as “hitherto I have treated of,” etc., with reference to the progress of a speech, etc., where, though it refers to space, the progress through that space requires time.
(b) (b) Up to this place, (usque) ad hunc locum: huc usque.
(c) (c) Up to this point, hactenus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hitherto?
- The usual Latin words for “hitherto” are adhūc, hāctenus, faber; also nōndum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.