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adverb

hinc

hinc (not comparable)
Classical[ˈhɪŋk]Ecclesiastical[ˈiŋk]
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Meaning

  1. not comparablehence, from this place.
  2. not comparablehenceforth.
  3. not comparablefrom this side, on this side…on that side, here
    ubi crucifixerunt eum, et cum eo alios duos hinc, et hinc, medium autem Iesum.“Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst.”405 AD, St. Jerome, Vulgate, John 19:18
    Hinc Gaetūlae urbēs, genus īnsuperābile bellō, et Numidae īnfrēnī cingunt et inhospita Syrtīs; hinc dēserta sitī regiō, lātēque furentēs Barcaeī. [...].“On this side [are] the cities of the Gaetulians, a race unconquerable in war, and the Numidians [who ride] unbridled, as well as the forbidding [sandbanks of the] Syrtes surrounding [us]; on the other side lies a forsaken desert region, with its Barcaean people raging far and wide.” (Anna reminds Dido that Carthage is surrounded by both geographic and political dangers. For another Virgilian example of the correlative “hinc…hinc,” cf. Eclogues 1.54-57.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.40-43
  4. not comparablebecause of this, from this cause.
  5. not comparablenext, afterwards

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

hinc sermo ductus est
the conversation began in this way.
ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
it follows from this that...
hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)
hence these tears; there's the rub.

hinc, adv. for hince, locative form from hic,
I. from this place. hence.
I. In space: Imus huc: illuc hinc: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.): abiit hinc in exercitum, Plaut. Am. prol. 125: In ea via, quae est hinc in Indiam, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: qui hinc Roma veneramus, id. Agr. 2, 34, 94; cf.: hinc a nobis profecti, id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: Ex Sicilia testes erant ii, qui, etc. ... et hinc homines maxime illustres, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17: hinc Athenis civis eam emit Atticus, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32: at enim ille hinc amat meretricem ex proxumo, id. Men. 5, 2, 39: illam hinc civem esse aiunt, Ter. And. 5, 1, 14; id. Eun. 5, 5, 10; out of this world, Aug. Conf. 6, 11.—Esp., in a book or writing, jam hinc, from this point onward: majora jam hinc bella dicentur, Liv. 7, 29, 1: liberi jam hinc populi Romani res gestas peragam, id. 2, 1, 1; 8, 7, 7; 40, 35, 14.—
B. Transf.
1. I. q. ab or ex hac parte, from this side, on this side, here: imperator utrimque hinc et illinc Jovi vota suscipere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74: ex hac parte pudor pugnat, illinc petulantia; hinc pudicitia, illinc stuprum; hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25: pudor est, qui suadeat illinc: hinc dissuadet amor, Ov. M. 1, 619: cum speculorum levitas hinc illinc altitudinem assumpsit, Cic. Univ. 14: multis hinc atque illinc vulneribus acceptis, on each side, Liv. 32, 10, 12.—So too: hinc ... hinc, on this side ... on that side, here ... there: hinc patres, hinc viros orantes, Liv. 1, 13, 2; cf.: Cassandrea hinc Toronaico, hinc Macedonico saepta mari, id. 44, 11, 2; 21, 8, 8: hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur In caelum scopuli, i. e. on each side, ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν, Verg. A. 1, 162: multi impetus hinc atque illinc facti, Liv. 3, 5, 1: duos corvos hinc et inde infestantes, from different directions, Suet. Aug. 96; so, hinc et inde, id. Caes. 39: hinc inde hortantium, id. Ner. 27; so, hinc inde, id. ib. 49; id. Tib. 21: hinc inde jacta, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 8; 9, 33, 1.—
2. With reference to the origin or cause of any thing (v. ab and ex), from this source, from this cause, hence; on this account: hinc quodcumque in solum venit, ut dicitur, effingis atque efficis, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: videret hinc (i. e. ex auro) dona fortium fieri, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 153: hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur: hinc furta, hinc opum nimiarum potentiae non ferendae, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36; id. Fl. 23, 54; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87: plurima hinc orta vitia, Quint. 8, 6, 74; cf. id. 2, 2, 5: ut posset hinc esse metus, id. ib. 6 praef. § 10; 7, 6, 1: hinc enim accidit dubitatio, Quint. 1, 1, 32: hinc illae lacrimae! Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf. ellipt.: hinc illae sollicitationes servorum: hinc illae quaestiones, Cic. Clu. 67, 191: Verg. A. 2, 97: sed eccum Syrum ire video! hinc scibo jam, ubi siet (acc. to scire ex aliquo; v. scio), from him, this person, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 7: hinc canere incipiam, Verg. G. 1, 5; Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; cf.: jam hinc igitur ad rationem sermonis conjuncti transeamus, Quint. 8, 3, 40; so, jam hinc, id. 3, 1, 1; 2, 11, 1; 10, 3, 4: hinc jam, id. 2, 4, 1; 8 praef. § 13: atque hinc, id. 3, 1, 15.—
II. In time.
A. From this time, after this, hereupon (post-Aug.): puerum in specu septem et quinquaginta dormisse annis: hinc pari numero dierum senio ingruente, etc., Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175; cf. Tac. Agr. 14; Val. Fl. 3, 672: circumdata hinc regi specie honoris valida manus, Tac. A. 2, 67.—
B. For abhinc, ago, since (very rare): me nemo magis respiciet, ubi iste huc venerit, Quam si hinc ducentos annos fuerim mortuus, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19: septimo hinc anno, Plin. 34, 3, 4, § 43.

Origins

From hic. Compare illinc and istinc; see also hūc.

Quick answers

What does hinc mean in Latin?
hinc, a adverb, means “hence, from this place.; henceforth.; from this side, on this side…on that side, here”.
How do you pronounce hinc?
In classical Latin, [ˈhɪŋk]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiŋk].