istuc

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪsˈtuːk]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [isˈtuk]

istūc (not comparable)

1. to or towards the place where you are, which you mention
   • c. 195–189 BCE, Titus Maccius Plautus, Poenulus‎^[2]:

     Jam ego istūc revortar, mīles.

     I'm about to return there, warrior.

2. to the point in a discourse that you have reached or mentioned
   • 59 BCE 29 April, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus‎^[3]:

     Gnaeus quidem noster jam plānē quid cōgitet nesciō [..] quī quidem etiam istūc addūcī potuerit.

     But what our friend Gnaeus is thinking I simply don't know any more [..] that he ended up allowing such a measure as this.

• istucce, istoc

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪsˈtʊk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [isˈtuk]
• Note: as with hoc, the final /k/ is doubled if a vowel follows, e.g. istuc est /isˈtuk.kest/. This emergent gemination is a remnant of its original form, istucce.^[1]

istuc

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of istic

   At cum istuc exemeris malum...

   But if you will have eliminated that problem... (Seneca)

istuc

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of istic

• “istūc” on page 1069 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• “istuc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “istuc”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.