illuc
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *e/olloike (locative), from ille + -ce and thus a parallel formation to illōc (“thither, to there”), the latter from the instrumental. Compare hūc and hōc. See also illinc.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈluːk/, [ɪlˈlʲuːk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈluk/, [ilˈluk]
Adverb
illūc (not comparable)
- thither, to that place, to there
Coordinate terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
type | interrogative | indefinite | (medial) demonstrative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | relative | indefinite relative | identity | other |
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basic | quis, quī | quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus | is, iste, istic | hic | ille, illic | quī | quisquis, quīcumque | ipse, īdem | alter, alius |
dual | uter | alteruter, uterque | uter | utercumque | |||||
number | quot | aliquot | tot | quot | quotquot, quotcumque | totidem | |||
order | quotus | totus | quotus | quotuscumque | |||||
quantity | quam | aliquam | tam | quam | †quamquam | †tamen, †tandem | |||
size | quantus | aliquantus | tantus | quantus | quantuscumque | tantusdem | |||
quality | quālis | aliquālis | tālis | quālis | quālis, quāliscumque | ||||
manner | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō | ita, sic, eō/istō modō | hōc modō | illō modō | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque | item, itidem | aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō |
method, path, place | quā | aliquā, quāque | eā, istāc | hāc | illāc | quā | quāquā, quācumque | eādem | aliā |
place | ubi | alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam | ibi, istic | hīc | illīc | ubi | ubiubi, ubicumque | ibidem | alibī, aliās |
source | unde | alicunde, undeunde | inde, istinc | hinc | illinc | unde | undecumque | indidem | aliunde |
destination | quō, quōrsum | aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum | eō, istūc, °istōrsum | hūc, °hōrsum | illūc, °illōrsum | quō | quōquō, quōcumque | eōdem | aliō, aliorsum |
time | quandō | quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam | tum, tunc | num, nunc | ōlim | cum, quandō | cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque | simul | aliās |
exact time | quota hōra | ea/ista hōra | hac hōra | illa hōra | quota hōra | quotacumque hōra | eadem hōra | altera/alia hōra | |
repetition | quotiēns | aliquotiēns | totiēns | quotiēns | quotiēnscumque | ||||
multiplication | quotuplex | totuplex | quotuplex | ||||||
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare |
Derived terms
- *eccum illūc
Descendants
- Leonese: allú
Etymology 2
From earlier illoc(ce), for illud + -ce, with vowel change extended either from the base form in which the reduction is regular, or from proclisis.
Alternative forms
- illucce, illoc
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈluk/, [ɪlˈlʲʊk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈluk/, [ilˈluk]
- Note: as with hoc, the final /k/ of this word is doubled if a vowel follows, e.g. illuc est /ilˈluk.kest/.[1]
Pronoun
illuc
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of illic
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 270:
- Sed quid illuc est? Caelum aspectat. Observabo quam rem agat.
- But what is that? He's gazing at the sky. I'm going to watch what he does.
- Sed quid illuc est? Caelum aspectat. Observabo quam rem agat.
References
- “Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Georgicon Libros 10.668.1”, in latin.packhum.org, la, retrieved 2021-03-07
Further reading
- “illuc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “illuc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- illuc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
Old French
Adverb
illuc
- Alternative form of iluec