adverb
posthāc
posthāc (not comparable)
Classical[pɔsˈtʰaːk]Ecclesiastical[posˈtak]
Meaning
- not comparableAfter this time, henceforth, hereafter, in the future, from now on; thereafter.
post-hac, adv.,
I. after this time, hereafter, henceforth, in future (class.):
aliam posthac invenito, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 21; id. Am. 2, 2, 165; S. C. de Bacchan.; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 59; id. Ad. 1, 2, 55; Cic. Cat. 4, 9 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 26 fin.: numquam posthac, Cat. 99, 16; opp. nunc, Ter. And. 3, 5, 5; opp. antea, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7: vobis erit providendum, quā condicione posthac eos esse velitis, id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; Juv. 7, 18; 8, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
post-hāc adv.,
after this, hereafter, henceforth, in future: hunc tu cogitas Recipere posthac? T.: ne umquam posthac, V., H., Iu.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinposthāc
Latin hāc Latin posthāc From post (“behind; afterwards, after”) + hāc (“on this side”).