Etymology[edit]
Contraction of hoc (“this”) + vorsum (“toward”).
hōrsum (not comparable)
- hither, this way
Related terms[edit]
| type |
demonstrative |
anaphoric |
identity |
interrogative/
relative |
indefinite |
negative |
other
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| proximal |
medial |
distal |
relative |
indefinite |
universal |
free choice |
negative polarity
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| basic
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hic |
iste, istic |
ille, illic |
is |
ipse, īdem |
quis/quī |
quisquis, quīcumque |
quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam |
quisque |
quīvis, quīlibet |
quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam |
nēmō, nihil, nūllus |
alius
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| dual
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uter |
utercumque |
alteruter |
uterque |
utervīs, uterlibet |
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neuter |
alter
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| place
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hīc |
istīc |
illīc |
ibī̆ |
ibī̆dem |
ubī̆ |
ubiubi, ubī̆cumque |
alicubī, uspiam |
ubīque |
ubivīs, ubilibet |
usquam |
nusquam, nūllibī |
alibī, aliās
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| source
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hinc |
istinc |
illinc |
inde |
indidem |
unde |
undecumque, undeunde |
alicunde |
undique |
°undelibet |
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aliunde
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| destination
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hūc, °hōrsum |
istūc, °istōrsum |
illūc, °illōrsum |
eō |
eōdem |
quō, quōrsum |
quōquō, quōcumque |
aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum |
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quōvīs, quōlibet |
quōquam |
nusquam, nūllōrsum |
aliō, aliōrsum
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method,
means,
path,
place
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hāc |
istāc |
illāc |
eā |
eādem |
quā |
quāquā, quācumque |
aliquā |
quāque |
quāvīs, quālibet |
|
nēquāquam, haudquāquam |
aliā
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| manner
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hōc modō |
istō modō |
illō modō |
ita, sīc,
eō modō |
item, itidem |
ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum |
utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque |
quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō |
utique |
quōmodolibet |
ūllō modō |
nūllō modō |
aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
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| time
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num, nunc |
|
ōlim |
tum, tunc |
simul |
quandō, ‡cum |
cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque |
quondam, aliquandō |
quandōque |
quandōlibet |
umquam |
numquam |
aliās
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| quantity
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|
|
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tam |
†tamen, †tandem |
quam |
†quamquam |
aliquam |
|
quamvīs, quamlibet |
|
|
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| size
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|
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tantus |
tantusdem |
quantus |
quantuscumque |
aliquantus |
|
quantusvīs, quantuslibet |
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| quality
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tālis |
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quālis |
quālis, quāliscumque |
aliquālis |
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quālislibet |
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| number
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tot |
totidem |
quot |
quotquot, quotcumque |
aliquot |
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quotlibet |
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| order
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totus |
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quotus |
quotuscumque |
aliquotus |
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quotuslibet |
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| repetition
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totiēns |
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quotiēns |
quotiēnscumque |
aliquotiēns |
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quotiēnslibet |
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| multiplication
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totuplex |
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quotuplex |
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† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
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References[edit]
- “horsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈxor.sum/, [ˈhor.sum]
horsum
- dative plural of hors
