hactenus

hactenus

Latin

Etymology

hāc (“on this side”) +‎ tenus (“unto”, “as far as”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhaːk.te.nus/, [ˈhäːkt̪ɛnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.te.nus/, [ˈäkt̪enus]

Adverb

hāctenus (not comparable)

1. thus far, so far, as far as this.
2. to this point (but no further).
3. (figuratively) thus far, hitherto, to this moment, until now.
4. (figuratively) to this extent, so far
5. so much for.

References

• “hactenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hactenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hactenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus