ubicumque

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ubī (“where”) +‎ -cumque (indefinite suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈbiː.kun.kʷe/, [ʊˈbiː.kʊŋ.kᶣɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈbi.kun.kwe/, [uˈbiː.kuŋ.kwe]

Adverb

ubīcumque (not comparable)

  1. wherever, wheresoever, in whatever place; in any place
    • c. 45 BC, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.37.108
      'Patria est, ubicumque est bene'.
      My country is wherever I am happy.
    Synonyms: ubilibet, ubivīs, ubiubi

Usage notes

  • The adverbs ubī (“where”), ubinam (“where in the world?”), ubīcumque (“wherever”) and ubīubī are sometimes used with the genitive of terra (“land”) (singular: terrarum), locus (“place”) (singular: loci, plural: locorum), gens (singular: gentium), to detonate the same meaning as "where on earth". "in what country" or "where in the world":
    Qui ubicumque terrarum sunt.
    Those which are wherever in the world.
    Ubicumque terrarum.
    Wherever in the world.
    Ubicumque terrārum et gentium.
    Wherever in the whole world.
    Ubicumque locorum vivitis.
    Wherever in the world you are alive.
    Ubicumque erit gentium.
    Wherever he will be in the world.

Descendants

References

  • ubicumque in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ubicumque in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ubicumque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.