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Meaning

1. demonstrativepronounthis same, this very
   SĪMŌ: Ego istaec rēctē ut fīant vīderō.SIMO: I will see to it that those [things] are done correctly.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 456
   CRĪTŌ: Atticus quīdam ōlim nāvī frāctā ad Andrum ēiectus est / et istaec ūna parva virgō.CRITO: There was once a certain [man from] Attica who was shipwrecked and cast ashore at Andros, [along with] this same [woman]: [at that time, she was just] a little girl. (Crito tells the backstory of Glycerium, who is “Andria,” “The Andrian,” or “The Woman from Andros,” for whom the play is named.)166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 923–924
2. demonstrativepronounthat of yours, that related to you, that beside you
3. demonstrativepronounthis/that mentioned by you
   [Daemones] Quis istic est qui deos tam parvi pendit?Who is that man you speak of who so little esteems the gods?c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 650
   [Lysimachus] Tun capite cano amas, senex nequissime? [Demipho] Si canum seu istuc rutilum sive atrumst, amo.[Lysimachus] You, with a hoary head, are in love, you wicked old man? [Demipho] Whether it is hoary or ruddy or black, I am in love.c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 2.2.34-35 (seu sometimes emended to sei)

Declension

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

est istuc quidem aliquid

there is something in what you say; you are more or less right.

Origins

From iste + -ce.

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Meaning

1. demonstrativedeterminerthis same, this very; those, etc.
   Argentum‿ĕgŏ pro‿istīsce‿ambābus cuiae‿ĕrant dŏmĭnō dĕdīI gave their owner money for them bothc. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 745 (Trochaic septenarius)
   Haec ita mē ōrāt sibi quī caveāt aliquem ut hominem reperiam, / ut istunc mīlitem—ut, ubi ēmeritum sibi sit, sē revehāt domum.This girl asks me to find her someone to take care that this soldier—that he takes her back home when he’s received her services.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.1.8–9
2. demonstrativedeterminerthat of yours, that mentioned earlier by or related to you, that beside you
   Heus, quid istuc est, Philocomasium? Quid tĭbi‿ĭstīc ĭn ĭstīsce‿aedĭbus dēbētur, quid nĕgōtīst?Hey, what’s going on, Philocomasium? What are you owed in that house, what business do you have there?c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 421 (Iambic septenarius)
   O Astaphium, haud istoc modo solita es me ante appellare,c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 1.2.65–66

Declension

Origins

From iste + -ce.

Meaning

1. not comparablethere, in that (very) place, here (chiefly used in direct speech to address the place of one being talked to)
   [Euclio] Tu modo cave quoiquam indicassis aurum meum esse istic, Fides:c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.2.1–2
   Ego etiam nunc eodem in loco iaceo sine sermone ullo, sine cogitatione ulla. Scilicet tibi, ut scribis, significaram ut ad me venires; †si donatam ut† [read as "nunc tamen"] te istic prodesse, hic ne verbo quidem levare me posse. Non queo plura scribere nec est quod scribam; vestra magis exspecto.I myself lie now in the self same place, a desert of conversation, and of thoughts. Yes, I have tried, as you wrote me, to make you come; but where you are you now better serve my cause, no word from you would here lift my spirits. I am unable to write any longer, nor is there anything left me to write about; I will rather stay, awaiting news from you all.68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 3.XII.3
2. figurativelynot comparableherein, in this affair, on this occasion, on that/your side
   Te volo bene sperare et rem publicam, ut vos istic expedistis, ita pro nostra parte celeriter a nobis expediri posse confidere. Vale.62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares XII.XIII
   Istic sum, inquit. expectoque quid ad id, quod quaerebam, respondeas.45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 5.78

Origins

From the lost locative neuter singular of the above pronoun, compare hīc and illīc.

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