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Note: the final /k/ is always geminate if a vowel follows, e.g. hoc est . Contrast hic, where the older prevocalic pronunciation had /k/, but a newer pronunciation, by analogy with the neuter hoc, had /kk/.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hic, haec, hoc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
Sornicola, Rosanna. 2011. Per la storia dei dimostrativi romanzi: i tipi neutri , , , e la diacronia dei dimostrativi latini. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 127. 1–80. §2.1.3.
...quō maius crīmen sit id quod ostendātur falsum, hōc maiōrem ab eō iniūriam fierī, quī id cōnfingat.
...the more serious the accusation which is shown to be false, the greater the offense committed by the fabricator.
Etymology 3
According to De Vaan (2008), from a masculine singular instrumental of Proto-Indo-European*gʰi-ḱe(“this, here”). Contrast Latinhūc, which is probably from the locative instead.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hic, haec, hoc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
Further reading
“hoc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hoc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hoc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
at this moment: hoc tempore
this is the inscription on his tomb..: sepulcro (Dat.) or in sepulcro hoc inscriptum est
this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
what am I to do with this fellow: quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?
a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
it is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things: hoc in sapientem non cadit
to solace oneself with the thought..: hoc solacio frui, uti
I console myself with..: hoc (illo) solacio me consōlor
I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
I abide by this opinion: illud, hoc teneo
this much is certain: hoc (not tantum) certum est
what is the meaning of this: quid hoc sibi vult?
what is the meaning of this: quid hoc rei est?
what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
on this supposition, hypothesis: hoc posito
it follows from what we have shown: hoc probato consequens est
this goes to prove what I say: hoc est a (pro) me
we have agreed on this point: hoc convēnit inter nos
I agree with you there: hoc mihi tecum convēnit (Att. 6. 1. 14)
at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
the word carere means..: vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)
the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
this word is neuter: hoc vocabulum generis neutri (not neutrius) est)
this is a proverb among the Greeks: hoc est Graecis hominibus in proverbio
the book treats of friendship: hic liber est de amicitia (not agit) or hoc libro agitur de am.
our (not noster) author tells us at this point: scriptor hoc loco dicit
a letter, the tenor of which is..: litterae hoc exemplo (Att. 9. 6. 3)
this is a characteristic of virtue, it..: virtus hoc habet, ut...
I drink your health: propīno tibi hoc (poculum, salutem)
during this brilliant consulship: in hoc praeclaro consulatu
to use this example: ut hoc utar or afferam
I will only say this much..: tantum or unum illud or hoc dico
this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc dici potest de aliqua re
this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc cadit in aliquid
this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc transferri potest in aliquid
more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
there is this also to notice: atque etiam hoc animadvertendum est
let us leave that undecided: hoc in medio relinquamus
it is clear, evident: hoc in promptu est
it is clear, evident: hoc in aperto est
this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc facile intellegi potest
that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc per se intellegitur
that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc sua sponte appāret
but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem