"per hoc" meaning in Latin

See per hoc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From per (“through”, in Late Latin often "because of") + hoc (“this”). Began to supplant propter hoc from the second century CE onwards, becoming notably frequent by the time of Augustine. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|per|hoc|id=for this reason}}, {{compound|la|per|hoc|pos1=in Late Latin often "because of"|t1=through|t2=this}} per (“through”, in Late Latin often "because of") + hoc (“this”) Head templates: {{la-adv|per hoc|-}} per hoc (not comparable), {{tlb|la|LL.}} (Late Latin)
  1. (This entry is a descendant hub.) for this reason, on this account Wikipedia link: Augustine Tags: Late-Latin, not-comparable
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "hoc",
        "id": "for this reason"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "hoc",
        "pos1": "in Late Latin often \"because of\"",
        "t1": "through",
        "t2": "this"
      },
      "expansion": "per (“through”, in Late Latin often \"because of\") + hoc (“this”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From per (“through”, in Late Latin often \"because of\") + hoc (“this”). Began to supplant propter hoc from the second century CE onwards, becoming notably frequent by the time of Augustine.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "per hoc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "per hoc (not comparable)",
      "name": "la-adv"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "LL."
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Latin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin descendant hubs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for this reason, on this account"
      ],
      "id": "en-per_hoc-la-adv-dfTbzxvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant hub",
          "WT:DHUB#Descendant hubs"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "This entry is a descendant hub.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(This entry is a descendant hub.) for this reason, on this account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Augustine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "per hoc"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "hoc",
        "id": "for this reason"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "hoc",
        "pos1": "in Late Latin often \"because of\"",
        "t1": "through",
        "t2": "this"
      },
      "expansion": "per (“through”, in Late Latin often \"because of\") + hoc (“this”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From per (“through”, in Late Latin often \"because of\") + hoc (“this”). Began to supplant propter hoc from the second century CE onwards, becoming notably frequent by the time of Augustine.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "per hoc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "per hoc (not comparable)",
      "name": "la-adv"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "LL."
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Latin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin adverbs",
        "Latin compound terms",
        "Latin descendant hubs",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin multiword terms",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)",
        "Latin uncomparable adverbs",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for this reason, on this account"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant hub",
          "WT:DHUB#Descendant hubs"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "This entry is a descendant hub.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(This entry is a descendant hub.) for this reason, on this account"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Augustine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "per hoc"
}

Download raw JSONL data for per hoc meaning in Latin (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.