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hac-tĕnus (a strengthened archaic form, hacĕtĕnus, acc. to Mar. Victor. p. 2457 P.—Separated per tmesin, Verg. A. 5, 603; 6, 62; Ov. M. 5, 642), adv. [hic- tenus; lit., as far as to this side; hence], to indicate a limit, so far, thus far (cf. hucusque).I.In space.A.Lit. (very rare), to this place, thus far:B.hactenus summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,
Ov. M. 13, 700:hactenus dominum est illa secuta suum,
id. Tr. 1, 10, 22; id. Am. 2, 11, 16; cf.:hactenus in occidentem Germaniam novimus,
Tac. G. 35 init.:hac Trojana tenus fuerit fortuna secuta,
Verg. A. 6, 62.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. freq. in Cic.),Transf., to indicate the limit of a discourse or of an extract, thus far, to this point, no further than this:b.hactenus mihi videor de amicitia quid sentirem potuisse dicere,
Cic. Lael. 7, 24:hactenus admirabor corum tarditatem, qui, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:hactenus fuit, quod caute a me scribi posset,
id. Att. 11, 4, 2:externae arbores hactenus fere sunt,
Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 1; cf. id. 14, 3, 4, § 36:sed me hactenus cedentem nemo insequatur ultra,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:verum hactenus evagari satis fuerit,
id. 2, 4, 32;so after a quotation: hactenus Trogus,
Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 276:hactenus Varro,
id. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—In this sense usually ellipt., esp. as a formula of transition:II.sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus: reliqua differamus in crastinum,
thus far for to-day, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 4 fin.: ergo [p. 837] haec quoque hactenus:redeo ad urbana,
id. Att. 5, 13, 2: sed haec hactenus: nunc, etc., so much for this (very freq.), id. Div. 2, 24, 53; id. Lael. 15, 55; id. Att. 13, 21, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 30 et saep.:haec hactenus,
Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2:sed de hoc loco plura in aliis: nunc hactenus,
id. Div. 2, 36, 76:hactenus haec,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 63:sed hactenus, praesertim, etc.,
Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1; so,sed hactenus,
id. ib. 9, 7, 3; 13, 9, 1; 14, 17, 2; Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46:de litteris hactenus,
Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 3, 7, 3; 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 1 al.:hactenus de soloecismo,
Quint. 1, 5, 54:hactenus ergo de studiis... proximus liber, etc.,
id. 1, 12, 19:hactenus de poëtis,
Lact. 1, 5, 15:hactenus de mundo,
Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102; 15, 8, 8, § 34:hactenus, et pariter vitam cum sanguine fudit,
Ov. M. 2, 610:hactenus et gemuit,
id. ib. 10, 423:hactenus: ut vivo subiit,
id. F. 5, 661:hactenus Aeacides,
id. M. 12, 82; 14, 512.—In time, to indicate a limit, up to this time, thus far, so long, till now, hitherto, no longer than this ( poet. and post-Aug.):III.hactenus quietae utrimque stationes fuere: postquam, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 6:hactenus pro libertate, mox de finibus pugnatum est,
Flor. 1, 11, 5; Ov. M. 5, 250:hac celebrata tenus sancto certamina patri,
Verg. A. 5, 603; 11, 823:dispecta est et Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems abdebat,
Tac. Agr. 10; id. A. 13, 47.—In extent.A.Absol., opp. to more, to this extent, so much, only so much, only (very rare, and not anteAug.):B.Burrum sciscitanti hactenus respondisse: ego me bene habeo,
Tac. A. 14, 51;so ellipt.,
Suet. Dom. 16.—Far more freq. and class.,Relat., like eatenus, to this extent that, so much as, so far as, as far as;corresp. with quatenus, quoad, quod, si, ut (so most freq.), ne: hactenus non vertit (in rem), quatenus domino debet: quod excedit, vertit,
Dig. 15, 3, 10, § 7:hactenus existimo nostram consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior ab homine amicissimo fieres iis de rebus, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:patrem familiae hactenus ago, quod aliquam partem praediorum percurro,
Plin. Ep. 9, 15, 3: meritoria officia sunt;hactenus utilia, si praeparant ingenium, non detinent,
Sen. Ep. 88.—With ut:haec artem quidem et praecepta duntaxat hactenus requirunt, ut certis dicendi luminibus ornentur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119; id. Div. 1, 8, 13; Hor. S. 1, 2, 123; Ov. H. 15, 156.—With ne:curandus autem hactenus, ne quid ad senatum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 3; Tac. A. 14, 7; cf.:(eum) interficere constituit, hactenus consultans, veneno an ferro vel qua alia vi,
id. ib. 14, 3 init.
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