HUNC, hunc
Sounds Like: HOONK
Translations: this, this one
From the root: HIC
Part of Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun, Demonstrative Adjective
Explanation: HUNC is the masculine singular accusative form of the Latin demonstrative pronoun and adjective HIC, HAEC, HOC. It is used to refer to something or someone near the speaker or recently mentioned, meaning 'this' or 'this one'. As an adjective, it modifies a masculine singular noun in the accusative case. As a pronoun, it stands in for a masculine singular noun in the accusative case.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 10 — 1:1
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
- HANC — this, this one
- 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
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