adverb
istinc
istinc (not comparable)
Classical[ˈɪs.tɪŋk]Ecclesiastical[ˈis.tiŋk]
Meaning
- not comparablefrom there
- not comparableof that
istinc, adv. istim-ce; cf. hinc, illinc,
I. from there, thence, i. e. from the place of the person addressed, or a place related to that person.
I. Lit., of place:
istinc loquere, si quid vis: procul tamen audiam, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 71: serva istas fores, ne tibi clam se subterducat istinc. id. Mil. 3, 3, 72: age alter istinc, alter hinc adsistite, id. Rud. 3, 5, 28: istinc excludere, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 4: qui istinc veniunt, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: emanare, id. Att. 7, 21, 1; Verg. A. 6, 389. — II. Transf., thereof, i. e. of that thing:
memento dimidium istinc mihi de praeda dare, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 68: neque ergo partem posco mihi istinc de istoc vidulo, id. Rud. 4, 4, 33.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
istinc adv.
iste, from there, thence, from where you are: istinc excludere, T.: qui istinc veniunt: Fare age iam istinc, i. e. without moving, V.: si istinc fraus et audacia est, hinc pudor, on the other side . . . on this: fortassis et istinc Largiter abstulerit aetas (i. e. de his vitiis), H.
Origins
Adverbial accusative from istic. Compare illinc and hinc; see also illūc.