660. The demonstrative pronouns are #hīc#, _this_, _this near me_;
#iste#, #istic#, _that_, _that near you_; and #ille#, #illic#, _yonder_,
_that_.
661. The demonstrative pronoun #hīc#, _this_, _this near me_, is
declined as follows:
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | Singular. | Plural. |
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | MASC. FEM. NEUT. | MASC. FEM. NEUT. |
| _Nom._ | hīc haec hoc | hī hae haec |
| _Gen._ | huius huius huius | hōrum hārum hōrum |
| _Dat._ | huic huic huic | hīs hīs hīs |
| _Acc._ | hunc hanc hoc | hōs hās haec |
| _Abl._ | hōc hāc hōc | hīs hīs hīs |
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+
662. The stem of #hīc# is #ho-#, #hā-#; to most of its cases a
demonstrative #-c# for #-ce# is attached. The masculine and feminine
nominative singular and nominative and accusative neuter plural take an
#-i-#: #hīc# for #*ho-i-ce# (108, _a_); #haec# for #ha-i-ce# (96).
#hunc#, #hanc#, are for #*hom-ce#, #*ham-ce#. For the quantity of the
first syllable of #huius#, see 153, 2; of #hoc#, 171, 1.
663. Old forms with the full ending #-ce# are rare except after #-s#:
Plural Ne. Acc. #haece# (Enn.); G. F. #hārumce# (Cato); also G.
#hōrunc#, #hārunc# (Pl., T.); #hōsce#, D. and Ab. #hīsce# (Pl., T.).
After 100 B.C., the full form #-ce# is not found, except occasionally
after #-s#: #huiusce#, #hōsce#, #hāsce#, #hīsce#. Before #-ne#
interrogative it is retained in the weakened form #-ci-#: as, #hīcine#.
But #hīcne#, #hocne#, #huicne#, &c., are found, though rarely.
664. The nominative #hic# or #hicine# found in the dramatists and rarely
later is probably for #*ho-c#, #*he-c# (103, _a_). A nominative plural
feminine #haec# is found in writers of all ages. Other and rare forms
are: Pl. N. M. #hīsce# (461), D. or Ab. #hībus#.