illuc
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
illūc (not comparable)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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 formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (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]
PronounEdit
illuc
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “illuc”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
- hither and thither: huc (et) illuc
Old FrenchEdit
AdverbEdit
illuc
- Alternative form of iluec