hic
Interjection
Meaning
hic
An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
"This wine - hic! - tasted good."
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hic jacet.
Presently, too, as I observed the wretched beings about me more closely, I perceived that they were all quite dead. Their bodies were so many living sepulchres. On each brutal brow was plainly written the hic jacet of a soul dead within.
Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis. (In this place I am a barbarian, because men do not understand me.)
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)
Hoc opus, hic labor est.
Genus vero philosophie, sub quo hic in toto et parte proceditur, est morale negotium, sive ethica; quia non ad speculandum, sed ad opus inventum est totum et pars.