HANC, hanc
Sounds Like: HANK
Translations: this, this one
From the root: HIC
Part of Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun, Demonstrative Adjective
Explanation: HANC is the feminine singular accusative form of the demonstrative pronoun and adjective HIC, meaning 'this'. It is used to refer to a feminine noun that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions. It points to something that is near the speaker or recently mentioned.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, HIC.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- HAE — these, these (feminine), a these
- HAEC — this, these, she, her, it, they, them
- HARUM — of these, of them
- HAS — these, these (things), these (women)
- HI — these, those, they, them
- HIC — this, this man, this thing, he, here
- HIS — (to) these, (for) these, (by) these, (with) these, (from) these
- HOC — this, this thing, a this, (by) this, (with) this, (from) this
- HORUM — of these, of them
- HUIC — to this, for this, this one
- HUNC — this, this one
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