See also: Hice and híce

English

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Etymology

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Plural of house by analogy with mousemice, louselice.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: hīs, IPA(key): /haɪs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

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hice

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) plural of house

Noun

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hice

  1. (humorous) Eggcorn of house. (reflecting a certain posh British accent)
    • 1999 January 7, DAINTY H, “Do you get enough time to watch your favourite TV Shows?”, in alt.tv.road-rules[1] (Usenet):
      NO YOU MEAN WON SPPAMMMMERRR I DONT LIEK YOU , I HAVE NO TELLY IN MY HICE(THATS
      HOW INGLISH PEEPLE SAY IT) SO I HAEV NO TIME TO WACH MY SHOWS TANKS FOR MAKEING ME
      FEEL LIKE DURT. BOO I HAET YOU!!!!!!!1111111111111!!!!!

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *hek(e); see hic for more. Seemingly the more archaic form, retained rarely in Classical Latin as an emphatic variant and reanalysed as hic +‎ -ce.

Adjective

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hice (feminine haece, neuter hoce)

  1. Emphatic form of hic.
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia 13.18:
      Itinera quae per hosce annos in Italia per agros atque oppida civium Romanorum nostri imperatores fecerint, recordamini.
      Recall the tours our generals have carried out these years in Italy, through the lands and towns of Roman citizens.

Pronoun

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hice m (feminine haece, neuter hoce)

  1. Emphatic form of hic.
    • 170 BCEc. 86 BCE, Accius, Didascalica 1.4:
      Num ergo aquila ita ut hice praedicant sciciderat pectus?
      Surely then an eagle did not tear apart his breast as these men declare?
    • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.16.4:
      Caecilii versus hice sunt.
      These are the lines of Caecilius.

Declension

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Demonstrative pronoun.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative hice haece hoce hīce haece
genitive huiusce hōrunce
hōrumce
hārunce
hārumce
hōrunce
hōrumce
dative huīce hīsce
accusative hunce hance hoce hōsce hāsce haece
ablative hōce hāce hōce hīsce

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps related to Old English *haccian (to hack).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxi.ke/, [ˈhi.ke]

Noun

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hice f

  1. (A type of bird)

Declension

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Weak:

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Spanish

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Verb

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hice

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of hacer
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