What is the meaning of the abbreviations “h.e.” and “h.l.”?

Question

In Novum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum, Johann Friedrich Schleusner wrote the following entry on the Greek word νεόφυτος.¹

In his entry, he uses two abbreviations, “h.e.” and “h.l.”

What are the meaning of those two abbreviations? (I’m guessing that “h.e.” stands for “hic est.”)

Footnotes

¹ p. 174

Schleusner, Johann Friedrich. Novum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum. Vol. 2. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1792.

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '16 at 00:23

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h.e. = hoc est

ad h.l. = ad hunc locum

answered Nov 24 '16 at 00:23

fdb

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Is this a commonly accepted abbreviation? Do you know when it started? – brianpck Nov 24 '16 at 16:25
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@brianpck. I must admit to never have seen them before, but they are quite obvious from the context, don't you think? "NN ad locum" is common in scholastic Latin for "NN, in his commentary on this passage". – fdb Nov 24 '16 at 16:36
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I agree, but presumably he's following some kind of convention? I was thrown off by h.e., especially because i.e. is far more common – brianpck Nov 24 '16 at 17:28
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@brianpck. The Germans say "zu dieser Stelle" with the same technical meaning. I wonder whether the German is a calque on the Latin, or the other way round. – fdb Nov 24 '16 at 20:35
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I know at least one living Latinist (that is, a Latinist who treats the language as a living one, not who is alive, though he is) who, when writing Latin, uses "h.e." where we today use "i.e." – Joel Derfner Jan 03 '17 at 19:23
Both seem to be found in many texts (former and later). – luchonacho Jun 04 '18 at 09:35