pronoundemonstrative pronoun
illic1
illic (feminine illaec, neuter illuc or illucce or illoc)
Classical[ˈɪl.lɪk]Ecclesiastical[ˈil.lik]
№ 396 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- demonstrativepronounyon, that, that over there (3rd person demonstrative pronoun of distance)
Eho dic mihi, quis illic igitur est?
Hey? Tell me, who is he then?c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4.90–91[Theopropides] Quid ais tū? [Tranio] Quid vīs? [Theopropides] Quĭs ĭllĭc est? quĭd ĭllic petīt?
c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 615 (iambic senarius; first syllable shortened by brevis brevians after quĭs)
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
there
illīc — in Seneca, ch. VIII
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | illic | illaec | illuc illucce, illoc |
| genitive | illī̆usce | illī̆usce | illī̆usce |
| dative | illīc | illīc | illīc |
| accusative | illunc | illanc | illuc illucce, illoc |
| ablative | illōc | illāc | illōc |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | illīsce | illaec | illaec |
| genitive | illōrunc | illārunc | illōrunc |
| dative | illīsce | illīsce | illīsce |
| accusative | illōsce | illāsce | illaec |
| ablative | illīsce | illīsce | illīsce |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- huc (et) illuc
- hither and thither.
illic (archaic ollic, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 196 Müll.), illaec, illuc, or illoc,
I. pron. [ille-ce].
I. He, she, or it yonder, that (only ante-class.):
sed Amphitruonis illic est servos Sosia, A portu illic nunc cum laterna huc advenit, Plaut. Am. prol. 148 sq.; id. ib. 1, 1, 138: nimis demiror, Sosia, Qui illaec (i. e. Alcumena) illi me donatum esse aurea patera sciat, id. ib. 2, 2, 134: cupio dare mercedem, qui illunc, ubi sit, commonstret mihi, id. Curc. 4, 4, 34: unde auscultare possis, quom ego illanc osculer, id. Cas. 1, 45: latuit intus illic in illac hirnea, id. Am. 1, 1, 275; cf.: quid illac impudente audacius? id. ib. 2, 2, 186: sed quid illuc est? id. ib. 1, 1, 114; cf. id. As. 2, 1, 17: illuc sis vide, id. Ps. 4, 1, 4: illuc est sapere? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12: cum illoc pacisce, si potes: perge obsecro: Pacisce quidvis, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 29 et saep.: ubi illic est scelus, qui me perdidit? that scoundrel, Ter. And. 3, 5, 1.—B. With the interrogative part. ne: illicine, etc.: Si. Illicine est? Ps. Illic ipsus est, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 44:
illancine mulierem alere cum illa familia? Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 3.—II. Hence, advv.
A. illac (sc. viā), that way, on that side, there:
angiporto Illac per hortum circuit clam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152: ita nunc hac an illac eam, incerta sum consili, id. Rud. 1, 3, 31: hac atque illac perfluo, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25: hac illac circumcursa, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 1: omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia adfectos illac facere, stand on that side, belong to that party, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5.—B. illuc or illoc (the old form, like hoc for huc), adv., to that place, thither.
1. Lit.
(a). Form illuc: imus huc, illuc hinc; cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.):
clam illuc redeundum est mihi, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29: cum illuc veneris, id. Merc. 3, 4, 64: paulo momento huc illuc impelli, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: huc illuc quasi vitabundi agitare, Sall. J. 60, 4: salientes huc illuc, Quint. 10, 7, 6; so, huc atque illuc intuens, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184: huc et illuc Cursitant mixtae pueris puellae, Hor. C. 4, 11, 9: illuc ex his vinculis, i. e. into the other world, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: proponimus illuc ire, ubi, etc., Juv. 3, 24: illuc, unde fugit mus, id. 6, 339. —(b). Form illoc:
post illoc veni quam, etc., Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 3: cum illoc advenio, Ter. And. 2, 2, 25 (dub.; Fleck. illo).—2. Transf., to that person or thing, thereto (very rare): Pe. Illuc redi. Me. Quo redeam? Pe. Equidem ad phrygionem censeo, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 54:
quo res haec pertinet? illuc: Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt, Hor. S. 1, 2, 23: illuc, unde abii, redeo: Nemon' ut avarus, etc., id. ib. 1, 1, 108; cf. ib. 1, 3, 38: illuc cuncta vergere, to Nero, Tac. A. 1, 3.—b. To that point, to such a pitch:
tunc adversis urgentibus, illuc decidit ut malum ferro summitteret, Juv. 12, 53.illic (old form illi, Verg. G. 1, 54; 1, 251; 3, 17 Rib.; cf. id. A. 2, 548; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36 Donat. ad loc.), adv. 1. illic,
I. in that place, yonder, there (most. freq. ante-class.).
I. Lit.:
haec illi vi pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. ib. 261; 1, 3, 36: illic sum atque hic sum, id. Trin. 4, 4, 17: sive illic sive alibi libebit, id. Men. 5, 2, 42: multo melius, hic quae fiunt, quam illic, ubi sum adsidue, scio, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20; so with ubi: vivendum est illic, ubi nulla incendia, Juv. 3, 197: illic, quicquid ero, semper tua dicar imago, Prop. 1, 19, 11; 13: cives Romani, qui illic negotiarentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 6: illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt, illic, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 3.—II. Transf., with that person or thing (very rare): non isto vivitur illic, Quo tu rere, modo, there, i. e. with him, with Mœcenas, Hor. S. 1, 9, 48:
civile bellum a Vitellio coepit et ... initium illic fuit, Tac. H. 2, 47: hic, ubi opus est, non verentur: illic, ubi nihil opus est, ibi verentur, Ter. And. 4, 1, 14.—B. In that matter, therein:
res publica et milite illic et pecunia vacet, i. e. in that war, Liv. 2, 48, 9: ego illi maxumam partem fero, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 36: ego illic me autem sic adsimulabam quasi stolidum, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Quint. 1, 3, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
illic illaec, illuc, pron.
ille+ce, he, she, it yonder, that: Illuc est sapere? T.: Ubi illic est, that fellow, T.: Illancine mulierem alere, T.
Origins
From ille (“that, yon”) + -ce (“here/there”), with apocope of final short -e. Compare istic, hic and hice.