hither (adv.) Copy link • hither (adv.): huc: Cic.: Virg. Phr.: h. and thither, huc, illuc, Cic. Att. 9, 9, med.; huc atque illuc, id. de Or. 1, 40, 184 (a graver expression); huc et illuc, id. Div. 2, 38, 80; huc et illo, Sen.; huc illucque, Plin: when the action of a number is described, passim (in every direction): to fly h. and thither unrestrainedly (of birds), p. ac libere volitare, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23. Join: huc et illuc passim [vagari], Cic. Div. l. c. See also backwards (I, fin.).
hither (adj.) Copy link • hither (adj.): cĭtĕrior, us: Caes. Superl. cĭtĭmus, hithermost, Cic. Rep. 6, 16.
hither (interj.) Copy link • hither (interj.): ădesdum! Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 2; huc ades! Virg. E. 2, 45.
HITHER Copy link • HITHER 1. huc: Hither and thither, huc illuc (e.g., cursare, Cic.); huc atque illuc (e.g., intueri); huc et illuc (e.g., vagari, Cic.); tum huc tum illuc (e.g., volare, Cic.). So huc illucque (Plin.); huc illucve (Cels., 6, 6, 36). 2. adj., citerior.