hinc

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hinc: adv. for hince, locative form from hic,
I from this place. hence.
I In space: Imus huc: illuc hinc: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.): abiit hinc in exercitum, Plaut. Am. prol. 125: In ea via, quae est hinc in Indiam, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: qui hinc Roma veneramus, id. Agr. 2, 34, 94; cf.: hinc a nobis profecti, id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: Ex Sicilia testes erant ii, qui, etc. ... et hinc homines maxime illustres, etc., id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17: hinc Athenis civis eam emit Atticus, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32: at enim ille hinc amat meretricem ex proxumo, id. Men. 5, 2, 39: illam hinc civem esse aiunt, Ter. And. 5, 1, 14; id. Eun. 5, 5, 10; out of this world, Aug. Conf. 6, 11.—Esp., in a book or writing, jam hinc, from this point onward: majora jam hinc bella dicentur, Liv. 7, 29, 1: liberi jam hinc populi Romani res gestas peragam, id. 2, 1, 1; 8, 7, 7; 40, 35, 14.—
   B Transf.
   1    I. q. ab or ex hac parte, from this side, on this side, here: imperator utrimque hinc et illinc Jovi vota suscipere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74: ex hac parte pudor pugnat, illinc petulantia; hinc pudicitia, illinc stuprum; hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25: pudor est, qui suadeat illinc: hinc dissuadet amor, Ov. M. 1, 619: cum speculorum levitas hinc illinc altitudinem assumpsit, Cic. Univ. 14: multis hinc atque illinc vulneribus acceptis, on each side, Liv. 32, 10, 12.—So too: hinc ... hinc, on this side ... on that side, here ... there: hinc patres, hinc viros orantes, Liv. 1, 13, 2; cf.: Cassandrea hinc Toronaico, hinc Macedonico saepta mari, id. 44, 11, 2; 21, 8, 8: hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur In caelum scopuli, i. e. on each side, ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν>, Verg. A. 1, 162: multi impetus hinc atque illinc facti, Liv. 3, 5, 1: duos corvos hinc et inde infestantes, from different directions, Suet. Aug. 96; so, hinc et inde, id. Caes. 39: hinc inde hortantium, id. Ner. 27; so, hinc inde, id. ib. 49; id. Tib. 21: hinc inde jacta, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 8; 9, 33, 1.—
   2    With reference to the origin or cause of any thing (v. ab and ex), from this source, from this cause, hence; on this account: hinc quodcumque in solum venit, ut dicitur, effingis atque efficis, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: videret hinc (i. e. ex auro) dona fortium fieri, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 153: hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur: hinc furta, hinc opum nimiarum potentiae non ferendae, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36; id. Fl. 23, 54; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87: plurima hinc orta vitia, Quint. 8, 6, 74; cf. id. 2, 2, 5: ut posset hinc esse metus, id. ib. 6 praef. § 10; 7, 6, 1: hinc enim accidit dubitatio, Quint. 1, 1, 32: hinc illae lacrimae! Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf. ellipt.: hinc illae sollicitationes servorum: hinc illae quaestiones, Cic. Clu. 67, 191: Verg. A. 2, 97: sed eccum Syrum ire video! hinc scibo jam, ubi siet (acc. to scire ex aliquo; v. scio), from him, this person, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 7: hinc canere incipiam, Verg. G. 1, 5; Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186; cf.: jam hinc igitur ad rationem sermonis conjuncti transeamus, Quint. 8, 3, 40; so, jam hinc, id. 3, 1, 1; 2, 11, 1; 10, 3, 4: hinc jam, id. 2, 4, 1; 8 praef. § 13: atque hinc, id. 3, 1, 15.—
II In time.
   A From this time, after this, hereupon (post-Aug.): puerum in specu septem et quinquaginta dormisse annis: hinc pari numero dierum senio ingruente, etc., Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175; cf. Tac. Agr. 14; Val. Fl. 3, 672: circumdata hinc regi specie honoris valida manus, Tac. A. 2, 67.—
   B For abhinc, ago, since (very rare): me nemo magis respiciet, ubi iste huc venerit, Quam si hinc ducentos annos fuerim mortuus, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19: septimo hinc anno, Plin. 34, 3, 4, § 43.